Quote#Self
The most effectual of all ways for making ourselves feel morally…
Quote byGerrit Smith · 1797–1874
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "No Treason in Civil War" (June 8, 1865 pamphlet).
English (original)
The most effectual of all ways for making ourselves feel morally whole, and for attaining to the greatest heights of self-complacency, is to fall upon others for the sins of which we are ourselves guilty.
— Gerrit Smith
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