Evolution The violent spirit to forge a civilization vol 1

(Rodrigo GrandaB_hQJo) #1

desirous to improve the condition of the poor and


working classes, if it could be done in order, in peace, and


without a revolution of violence.[...] Page 221


[...]With this impression deeply seated in the inmost


recesses of my mind, no obstacle, no temporary defect, no


abuse from the press or religions, created the slightest


discouragement to my onward progress. Knowing how ’


the characters of all were formed for them, their abuse


and violence only created a sympathy for them in pro-


portion to their ignorance, and to the misery which that


ignorance necessarily inflicted upon them.[...] (^) Page 263


[...]It was a great privilege to converse confidentially on


these subjects with his Royal Highness, whose charity for


the trained and educated weakness of all classes was a


prominent feature in his character, which contained all


the essential qualities for a great and successful re-


former, without violence.[...] (^) Page 269


[...]measures always appeared to me to arise from want of


a comprehensive knowledge of human nature and


society} and from their supposing that violence and force


could effect any permanent good, while mind remained at


converted.[...] (^) Page 292


«I know that there are similar exercises by scholars who,


traversing different paths, face the same difficulty. From


approaches to violence associated with politics, power, sex,


addiction and evolution. Since there is no single theory


capable of explaining all forms of violence, violence has many


faces, the fruit of different processes. We cannot explain with


the same concepts the violence of a single hominid as that of a


group of hominids.»

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