“Ethics is the most vital and important of all sciences. It has both its theoretical and applied aspects. Its mission is nothing less than the establishment of harmony among the inhabitants of the earth and the transformation of world-wide contention into peace and happiness.”

—  J. Howard Moore

Source: Ethics and Education (1912), Contents of Ethics, pp. 56–57

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