Carolina QuotesThe case of the Baconians is not won until it has been proved that the substitution of covetousness for wantlessness, or an ascending spiral of desires for a stable requirement of necessities, leads to a happier condition.
Richard M. Weaver Carolinian
Source
pp. 14-15
- work
- Ideas have Consequences (1948)
- year
- 1948
- locator
- pp. 14-15
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“The case of the Baconians is not won until it has been prove…” Richard M. Weaver. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-766B82AB2A. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/766b82ab2a
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