“If the Creator has thus implanted in the mind of man principles to guide him in his

intellectual and physical relations, independently of any acquired knowledge, we might

naturally expect to find him endowed, in the same manner, with principles adapted to his
more important relations as a moral being. We might naturally expect, that, in these high
concerns, he would not be left to the knowledge which he might casually acquire, either
through his own powers of investigation or reasoning, or through instruction received from
other men. Impressions adapted to this important end we accordingly find developed in a
remarkable manner,—and they are referable to that part of our constitution, which holds so
important a place in the philosophy of the mind, by which we perceive differences in the
moral aspect of actions, and approve or disapprove of them as right or wrong. The
convictions derived from this source seem to occupy the same pl”

Excerpt From: John Abercrombie. “The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings.” iBooks.
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