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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: Ethics and religion differ herein; that the one is the system of human duties commencing from man; the other, from God. Religion includes the personality of God; Ethics does not.
         

Ethics and religion differ herein; that the one is the system of human duties commencing from man; the other, from God. Religion includes the personality of God; Ethics does not.


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This page presents the quote "Ethics and religion differ herein; that the one is the system of human duties commencing from man; the other, from God. Religion includes the personality of God; Ethics does not.". Author of this quote is Ralph Waldo Emerson. This quote is about ethics, men, personality, god, religion,.