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To amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Men, Should, Mankind
Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.110
To amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be.