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There is a guiding conscience in a man which develops or weakens as he responds to the forces and influences playing on and in him from both bygone lives and the current incarnation. It is this preoccupation with choosing good and avoiding evil, with religious feelings and moral virtues, that lift man above the animal.

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 1 : Uplift Character > # 337