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" We hardly use the word ought in a metaphorical sense when we say hounds ought to hunt, pointers to point, and retrievers to retrieve their game. "
Darwinism and Design; Or, Creation by Evolution - Page 244
by George St. Clair - 1873 - 259 pages
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The Princeton Review

1882 - 376 pages
...the dread of the war-club and the bludgeon. " The imperious word ought," says Mr. Charles Darwin, " seems merely to imply the consciousness of the existence...persistent instinct either innate or partly acquired." A matured and cultured conscience is only that inextricable web of associations which society weaves...
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Darwinism Stated by Darwin Himself: Characteristic Passages from the ...

Charles Darwin - 1884 - 396 pages
...acquired and perhaps inherited habit, that it is best for him to obey his more persistent impulses. The imperious word ought seems merely to imply the consciousness of the existence of a rule of conduct, however it may have originated. Formerly it must have been often vehemently urged...
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Social Equilibrium and Other Problems Ethical and Religious

George Batchelor - 1887 - 296 pages
...meanings, which often do not even suggest that which in common use we call a "duty"; eg, Darwin says, "We hardly use the word ' ought ' in a metaphorical sense when we say hounds ought to hunt, pointers to point, and retrievers to retrieve their game. If they fail thus to...
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The Crisis in Morals: An Examination of Rational Ethics in the Light of ...

James Thompson Bixby - 1891 - 332 pages
...only regret of unusual intensity for past imprudence. " The imperious word ' ought,' " says Darwin, " seems merely to imply the consciousness of the existence...serving him as a guide, though liable to be disobeyed." And he compares the moral sense to the instinct of pointers to point, hounds to hunt, and retrievers...
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The Ethics of Evolution: The Crisis in Morals Occasioned by the Doctrine of ...

James Thompson Bixby - 1900 - 332 pages
...only regret of unusual intensity for past -imprudence. "The imperious word 'ought,'" says Darwin, " seems merely to imply the consciousness of the existence...serving him as a guide, though liable to be disobeyed." And he compares the moral sense to the instinct of pointers to point, hounds to hunt, and retrievers...
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Introduction to Ethics

Frank Thilly - 1900 - 368 pages
...acquired and perhaps inherited habit, that it is best for him to obey his more persistent impulses. The imperious word ought seems merely to imply the consciousness of the existence of a rule of conduct, however it may have originated."2 (3) According to Herbert Spencer 3 the essential...
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Introduction to Ethics

Frank Thilly - 1900 - 370 pages
...acquired and perhaps inherited habit, that it is best for him to obey his more persistent impulses. The imperious word ought seems merely to imply the consciousness of the existence of a rule of conduct, however it may have originated."8 (3) According to Herbert Spencer3 the essential...
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Selections from "The Origin of Species", "The Descent of Man", "The ...

Charles Darwin - 1902 - 238 pages
...acquired and perhaps inherited habit, that it is best for him to obey his more persistent impulses. The imperious word ought seems merely to imply the consciousness of the existence of a rule of conduct, however it may have originated. Formerly it must have been often vehemently urged...
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Calendar of the University of Sydney

University of Sydney - 1903 - 662 pages
...would not break my word even to save humanity." Fichte. (d) " Chance is a name for our ignorance." (e) "The imperious word ought seems merely to imply the consciousness of the existence of a rule of conduct, however it may have been originated." Darwin. LOGIC AND MENTAL PHILOSOPHY I. HONOURS....
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Library of universal knowledge, science, Volume 2

1905 - 462 pages
...acquired and perhaps inherited \ habit, that it is best for him to obey his more persistent impulses. The imperious word ought seems merely to imply / the consciousness of the existence of a rule of conduct, however it may have originated. Formerly it must have been often vehemently urged...
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