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The will of man has no power whatever over his opinions; he must, and ever did, and ever will, believe what has been, is, or may be impressed on his mind by his predecessors, and the circumstances which surround him.

— Robert Owen A New View of Society (1813)

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To preserve permanent good health, the state of mind must be taken into consideration.

The Book of the New Moral World then he died (1836)

My life was not useless; I gave important truths to the world, and it was only for want of understanding that they were disregarded. I have been ahead of my time.

The lowest stage of humanity is experienced when the individual must labour for a small pittance of wages from others.

To train and educate the rising generation will at all times be the first object of society, to which every other will be subordinate.

The Social System (1826)

Man is the creature of circumstances.

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