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Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
Approximate historical placement: c. 1920 AD · modern
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- Albert Schweitzer
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- Approximate historical placement: c. 1920 AD · modern
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