An Essay on Friendship, 1726 [ Concepts ]
… situated, and will introduce peace and happiness among men. The Love of mankind is a genuine dictate of reason, and nature herself hath implanted in our breasts tender sentiments of humanity towards others ; and as this duty is highly … prevail in the world, base designs would no longer be the plague of human society, but truth and innocence, good-nature and bounty, would reign without check or controul. Then would this earth become a paradise, as beautiful in a … it be the particular interest of every man to consult the welfare of mankind in general, and we can never honour human nature more than by such a practice : Yet if we look abroad into the world, we shall find that vice and enmity obtain a …
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