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Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without co

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is. – Van Hartmann

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It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves. – James Russell Lowell

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