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So it is that fellow - citizens are preferred in our affections to foreigners , relations to strangers ; for in their ... and confined to so narrow a sphere , that affection is ever shared by two persons only , or at most by a few .
So it is that fellow - citizens are preferred in our affections to foreigners , relations to strangers ; for in their ... and confined to so narrow a sphere , that affection is ever shared by two persons only , or at most by a few .
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the prime mover in contracting mutual affection . For as to material advan- tages , it often happens that those are obtained even by men who are courted by a mere show of friendship and treated with respect from interested motives .
the prime mover in contracting mutual affection . For as to material advan- tages , it often happens that those are obtained even by men who are courted by a mere show of friendship and treated with respect from interested motives .
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In my case it was an admiration of his virtue , in his an opinion , maybe , which he entertained of my character , that caused our affection . Closer intimacy added to the warmth of our feelings . But though many great material ...
In my case it was an admiration of his virtue , in his an opinion , maybe , which he entertained of my character , that caused our affection . Closer intimacy added to the warmth of our feelings . But though many great material ...
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| Title | Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essays Volume 10 of Gateway to the Great Books, Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Editors | Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler |
| Publisher | Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 |
| Length | 644 pages |
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