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action Adam Smith administration animal artist attri become bureaucracy cannon-ball character Church citizen civil society civilization classical antiquity common competition conflict conscience conscious criminal law culture deduce desire doctrine duty endeavour energy England Epicurean evolution favour feel freedom function grow happiness Herbert Spencer human ideal ideas impulse individual instinct institutions intelligence interference labour laissez-faire less Liberals liberty live Matthew Arnold means mediæval ment merely Middle Age mind modern moral nation natural necessity negative freedom never object organism peculiar perfection persons philosophy pleasure political possible practical prejudice principle profession progress public opinion punish reform religion religious respect rich schools scientific sense social social contract society spiritual spiritual evolution strength struggle for existence theory things thought tion true truth Ultramontane unity vices vidual virtue weak wealth whilst whole