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Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice.

Elihu Root

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die menschliche Natur muss der Perfektion viel näher gekommen sein als heute oder wird es in vielen Generationen sein, um Vorurteile, Selbstsucht, Ehrgeiz und Ungerechtigkeit von einer solchen Kontrolle auszuschließen.

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