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We call an intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but because it issues from a good intention.

Peter Abelard
Issues, Action, Good Intentions
We call an intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but because it issues from a good intention.