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— Katharine Fullerton Gerould"Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism."
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A gene might be able to assist replicas of itself that are sitting in other bodies. If so, this would appear as individual altruism but it would be brought about by gene selfishness.
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We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees and feels one is the other.
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