"At one time the benevolent affections embrace merely the family, soon the circle expanding includes first a class, then a nation, then a coalition of nations, then all humanity, and finally, its influence is felt in the dealings of man with the animal world. In each of these stages a standard is formed, different from that of the preceding stage, but in each case the same tendency is recognised as virtue."
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William Edward Hartpole Lecky
William Edward Hartpole Lecky (26 March 1838 β 22 October 1903) was an Irish historian and political theorist.
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