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• He, who steadily observes those moral precepts in which all religions concur, will never be questioned at the gates of heaven as… — Thomas Jefferson
• Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which… — Thomas Jefferson
• If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been… — Benjamin Rush
• Jesus of Nazareth could have chosen simply to express Himself in moral precepts; but like a great poet He chose the form… — Dudley Nichols
• Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances. — Lord Acton
• Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which… — Thomas Jefferson
• All stories teach, whether the storyteller intends them to or not. They teach the world we create. They teach the morality we… — Philip Pullman
• As society is now constituted, a literal adherence to the moral precepts scattered throughout the Gospels would mean sudden death. — Alfred North Whitehead
• The practice of that which is ethically best-what we call goodness or virtue-involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is… — Thomas Huxley

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