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Quotes from The Present Conflict of Ideals: A Study of the Philosophical Background of the World War — Ralph Barton Perry

d. 1957 United States

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The English mind is intelligent rather than intellectual. The French are intellectual in the sense that the intellect is emancipated and left free to run its own course.

The Present Conflict of Ideals: A Study of the Philosophical Background of the World War (1918)

… the fear of God together with a keen eye for the main chance.

The Present Conflict of Ideals: A Study of the Philosophical Background of the World War (1918)

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