Rights no doubt exist; but when the rights of one individual happen to clash with those of another, how can we hope to reconcile and harmonize them, if we do not refer to something which is above all rights?
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- An Essay on the Duties of Man, chapter I, p. 11; 1898 English edition; English translation: Historical English edition (1898); translator not identified in cited source
- An Essay on the Duties of Man, chapter I, p. 11; 1898 English edition
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