Carolina QuotesMuch of the effort of modern politicians is devoted to convincing us that men serve best when they are serving one another. But the one consideration which would make this true is left out; service to others is the best service when the effort of all is subsumed under a transcendental conception. Material gratification does not provide this.
Richard M. Weaver Carolinian
Source
p. 77
- work
- Ideas have Consequences (1948)
- year
- 1948
- locator
- p. 77
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