Harriet Martineau
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English social theorist and writer (1802 to 1876); translator of works by Auguste Comte, who earned enough by writing to be self-supporting; author of How to…
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Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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6 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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An observer of another society should not generalize on the spot, however firmly they grasp particular facts (opens korrents.com)
“The traveller must not generalize on the spot, however true may be his apprehension—however firm his grasp, of one or more facts.”
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In judging a society, every consideration is subordinate to the relative amount of human happiness (opens korrents.com)
“The two considerations just mentioned must be subordinated to the grand one,—the only general one,—of the relative amount of human happiness. Every element of social life derives its importance from this great…”
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Judging one people by another misses the truth; judging a nation by the essentials of human happiness sees it as it is (opens korrents.com)
“To test one people by another, is to argue within a very small segment of a circle; and the observer can only pass backwards and forwards at an equal distance from the point of truth. To test the morals and manners of…”
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An observer of another society should not generalize on the spot, however firmly they grasp particular facts (opens korrents.com)