"The conception of life as constructive rather than antagonistic effort finds beautiful illustration in every approach that we make toward true civilization. You measure the quality and the value of the civilization of individuals or peoples, not by the houses which they live in or the clothes which they wear, but by the width and power of their sympathy."
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Charles Fletcher Dole
1825 – 1905
Charles Fletcher Dole (1845, Brewer, Maine – 1927, Hawaii) was an influential Unitarian minister, speaker, and writer in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, and Chairman of the Association to Abolish War.
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