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The Comtists are right when they say that men's moral ideas are not…
Quote byArnold Toynbee · 1852–1883
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lectures on The Industrial Revolution in England (1884), p. 150.
English (original)
The Comtists are right when they say that men's moral ideas are not fixed. The attitude of public opinion towards slavery was completely changed in twenty or thirty years. Still I am obliged to believe that such a moral revolution as the Comtists hope for is not possible within a reasonable space of time.
— Arnold Toynbee
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