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" The great secret of morals is love ; or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in thought, action, or person, not our own. A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively... "
A defence of poetry. Essay on the literature, arts, and manners of the ... - Page 35
by Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840
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The Intellectual repository for the New Church. (July/Sept. 1817 ...

New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 pages
...writer, " is love, or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with others. A man to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the condition of another, and many others : the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own...
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Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments,

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 368 pages
...with which it coexists. The great secret of morals is love; or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which...comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others ; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great...
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The Monthly chronicle; a national journal, Volume 5

1840 - 582 pages
...such a doctrine, as he was its great exemplar, " is love, or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which...exists in thought, action, or person not our own. Aman, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place...
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The North American Review, Volume 59

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1844 - 548 pages
...•whose minds saw things in the same light in which they were viewed by himself. Shelley says, that a man, " to be greatly good, must imagine intensely...comprehensively ; he must put himself in the place of another, and of many others ; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own." Now, the...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 pages
...with which it co-exists. The great secret of morals is love, or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which...comprehensively ; he must put himself in the place of another, and of many others: the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great...
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Essays, Letters from Abroad

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1845 - 186 pages
...with which it coexists. The great secret of morals is love ; or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which...comprehensively ; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others ; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...with which it co-existsX, The great secret of morals is love, or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which...comprehensively ; he must put himself in the place of another, and of many others: the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great...
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Imagination and fancy; or Selections from the English poets, with critical ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...with which it co-exists. The great secret of morals is love, or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which...comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another, and of many others: the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...with which it co-exists. The great secret of morals is love, or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which...comprehensively ; he must put himself in the place of another, and of many others : the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...with which it co-exists. The great secret of morals is love, or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which...comprehensively ; he must put himself in the place of another, and of many others: the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great...
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