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How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being?
Auberon Herbert
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"How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being?"
— Auberon Herbert

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How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being? — Auberon Herbert

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Auberon Herbert was a Writer from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1838–1906).

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This quote is attributed to Auberon Herbert, a Writer from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Auberon Herbert lived from 1838 – 1906.