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--Essay, by Mr. Owen on Self Love Self Love was originally implanted in the breast of Man for the necessary purposes of Self preservation. This is obvious from the symptoms discoverable in the human race from earliest infancy; a desire to compass their own gratification being the predominant feature in their character. Considering the principle therefore, in its original state, & in the commencement of its operations it possesses neither the nature of virtue or of vice. -- That it cannot be virtue needs no proof, that it has no vice is clear from it being an original impulse of nature & being calculated to answer the most salutary ends of personal preservation. -- From
