Charity (Whitehead) n. 157

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157. A man may even do the good of use from the affection of glory, of honor, and of gain, and their delights. And then he is not charity, but lust; thus he is not a form of heaven, but of hell. Even in hell everyone is forced to do good work, but it is not done from the affection of it; he is forced to it.


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