Word: altruism
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...great to obtain the highest degree of efficiency and he produces in order that he may produce more, rather than that he may produce more, rather than that he may enjoy what he has already produced. Man's egotism is opposed by his will and turned into altruism, and his intelligence, which distinguishes him from other members of the animal kingdom and raises him to the realm of a divine being tends to offset his lack of efficiency in producing happiness. As the intelligence is developed, the human race will tend to become a "race of gods," which...
...feast of plenty, many others through want and poverty will not. We do not live in a state of communism sharing all things alike, nor will the hungry be filled miraculously. Thanks given merely in words are empty and will have no significance unless they actuate a spirit of altruism and deeds of charity...