The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely academic. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is…

Quote by Felix Adler

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FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without...

FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without...

Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful...

Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful...

Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other,...

Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other,...

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of...

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of...

The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless...

The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless...

The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the...

The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the...

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial...

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial...

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will...

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will...

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient...

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient...

If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder...

If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder...

The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and...

The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and...

People may be said to resemble not the bricks of which a house is built,...

People may be said to resemble not the bricks of which a house is built,...

Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly...

Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly...

The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

The family is the school of duties - founded on love.

The family is the school of duties - founded on love.

Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but...

Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but...

Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the...

Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the...

In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material...

In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material...

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up...

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up...

Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at...

Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at...