To reform society, and with it humanity, there is only one mean; to transform the mentality of men, to direct them (les orienter, Fr.) in a new spirit.
African Spir
Men spend their life down here in the worship of petty (or mean) interests and the search of perishable things, and with that (et avec cela, Fr.) they pretend to perpetuate for all eternity their self (moi, Fr.) so hardly worthy (digne, Fr.) of it.
life men self
Nothing depict better the poverty of human nature than to see men, placed at the head of a State, and who should, so to speak, embody (or personnify) the law, be concerned (or worried, or preccupied) only with their own prestige and their own particular interests.
poverty men nature humannature
To spend for destruction ten times more than for instruction, such is the fashion in our time; and men seriously regard themsleves as rational beings !
men thetimes time
men society
We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.
evolution men
The appalling and shameful scene (spectacle, Fr.) of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will no longer be seen, once these will possess an enlighten consciouness.
deeds men
As long as men will not be freed from their errors and delusions, humanity will not be able to go towards (marcher vers, Fr.) the accomplishment of its true destinies.
men
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