Excerpt from The Duties and the Rights of Man: A Treatise on Ethics, in Which Are Demonstrated the Individual, Social and International Duties of Man, and His Indirect Duties Towards Animals
"Man! know thyself!" Study, reason, understand, learn, and fulfil thy duty, and thou shalt be happy in thy individuality, arid shalt become a useful member of society. Man! keep the universal order established by God in all things, and thou shalt be perfect, and therefore pleasing to the Deity.
It is for the attainment of this end by man, in his individuality and universality, that I have striven to set forth in a compendious form the most important duties of mankind, as dictated by right reason alone.
The careful perusal of this work, which bears not a trace of levity (the characteristic of our age), will, I trust, implant in the minds of its readers right principles, and lead them to discharge their public and private duties in the manner willed by God.
Let it be borne in mind that criticism is the effect either of deep ignorance or of true wisdom.
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