English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 - 1963)

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It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey "people." People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest....

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