Word: instinctive
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...points and in general theory agrees with him. He believes that to Hervieu is due unstinted praise for the sincerity, the eloquences and the talent with which he has defended the love marriage against the "mariage de convenance" and the "mariage de raison," so often opposed to the invincible instinct of love...
...most important fact to be noticed in this new religious interest is that the spiritual life rises from ourselves, from our own thoughts and acts, and that it does not come from without. Indeed, the original and crude forms of religion all proceed from a natural instinct of self preservation. Our aim should be to harmonize our lives with God's, as far as this is possible, and this is what great prophets have always done...