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The aesthetic equivalent of the moral wrong of inequality was the…

Quote byEdward Bellamy · 1850–1898

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Equality (1897).

English (original)

The aesthetic equivalent of the moral wrong of inequality was the artistic abomination of uniformity. On the other hand, equality creates an atmosphere which kills imitation, and is pregnant with originality, for every one acts out himself, having nothing to gain by imitating any one else.

— Edward Bellamy

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