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		<title>Einstein, Albert -- Essay (1953-05-23), &#8220;Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 1,  Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I salute the man who is going through life always helpful, knowing no fear, and to whom aggressiveness and resentment are alien. Such is the stuff of which the great moral leaders are made who proffer consolation to mankind in their self-created miseries. [Heil dem Manne, der stets helfend durchs Leben ging, keine Furcht kannte [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I salute the man who is going through life always helpful, knowing no fear, and to whom aggressiveness and resentment are alien. Such is the stuff of which the great moral leaders are made who proffer consolation to mankind in their self-created miseries.</p>
<p><em>[Heil dem Manne, der stets helfend durchs Leben ging, keine Furcht kannte und dem jede Aggressivität und jedes Ressentiment fremd war! Von solchem Holz sind die Idealgestalten geschnitzt, die der Menschheit Trost bieten in den Situationen selbstgeschaffenen Leidens.]</em></p>
<br><b>Albert Einstein</b> (1879-1955) German-American physicist<br>Essay (1953-05-23), &#8220;Aphorisms for Leo Baeck <i>[Neun Aphorismen]</i>, No. 1,  <i>Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday</i> (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/ideasopinions00eins/page/26/mode/2up?q=%22i+salute+the+man%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://archive.org/details/essayspresentedt0000vari/page/26/mode/2up?q=%22Heil+dem+Manne%22">Source (German)</a>)<br><br>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Baeck">Leo Baeck</a> (1873-1956) was a noted a German rabbi, scholar, and theologian.


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		<title>Ingersoll, Robert Green -- Speech (1876-10-20), &#8220;Hayes Campaign,&#8221; Exposition Building, Chicago</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The superior man is the man that loves his fellow-man; the superior man is the useful man; the superior man is the kind man, the man who lifts up his down-trodden brothers; and the greater the load of human sorrow and human want you can get in your arms, the easier you can climb the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="tab">The superior man is the man that loves his fellow-man; the superior man is the useful man; the superior man is the kind man, the man who lifts up his down-trodden brothers; and the greater the load of human sorrow and human want you can get in your arms, the easier you can climb the great hill of fame. The superior man is the man who loves his fellow-man.<br />
<span class="tab">And let me say right here, the good men, the superior men, the grand men are brothers the world over, no matter what their complexion may be; centuries may separate them, yet they are hand in hand; and all the good, and all the grand, and all the superior men, shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, are fighting the great battle for the progress of mankind.</span></span></p>
<br><b>Robert Green Ingersoll</b> (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator<br>Speech (1876-10-20), &#8220;Hayes Campaign,&#8221; Exposition Building, Chicago 
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On Whites in the South, and the Democratic Party, who believed they remained superior to Blacks.

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		<title>Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament -- Book 19. Psalms 15: 1ff (Ps 15:1-5) [tr. GNT (1992 ed.)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lord, who may enter your Temple? Who may worship on Zion, your sacred hill? Those who obey God in everything and always do what is right, whose words are true and sincere, and who do not slander others. They do no wrong to their friends nor spread rumors about their neighbors. They despise those whom [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lord, who may enter your Temple?<br />
<span class="tab">Who may worship on Zion, your sacred hill?<br />
Those who obey God in everything<br />
<span class="tab">and always do what is right,<br />
whose words are true and sincere,<br />
<span class="tab">and who do not slander others.<br />
They do no wrong to their friends<br />
<span class="tab">nor spread rumors about their neighbors.<br />
They despise those whom God rejects,<br />
<span class="tab">but honor those who obey the Lord.<br />
They always do what they promise,<br />
<span class="tab">no matter how much it may cost.<br />
They make loans without charging interest<br />
<span class="tab">and cannot be bribed to testify against the innocent.<br />
Whoever does these things will always be secure.</p>
<p>מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָ֫וִ֥ד יְ֭הֹוָה מִי־יָג֣וּר בְּאׇהֳלֶ֑ךָ מִֽי־יִ֝שְׁכֹּ֗ן בְּהַ֣ר קׇדְשֶֽׁךָ׃]<br />
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים וּפֹעֵ֥ל צֶ֑דֶק וְדֹבֵ֥ר אֱ֝מֶ֗ת בִּלְבָבֽוֹ׃<br />
לֹֽא־רָגַ֨ל ׀ עַל־לְשֹׁנ֗וֹ לֹא־עָשָׂ֣ה לְרֵעֵ֣הוּ רָעָ֑ה וְ֝חֶרְפָּ֗ה לֹא־נָשָׂ֥א עַל־קְרֹבֽוֹ׃<br />
נִבְזֶ֤ה ׀ בְּֽעֵ֘ינָ֤יו נִמְאָ֗ס וְאֶת־יִרְאֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֣ה יְכַבֵּ֑ד נִשְׁבַּ֥ע לְ֝הָרַ֗ע וְלֹ֣א יָמִֽר׃<br />
[כַּסְפּ֤וֹ ׀ לֹא־נָתַ֣ן בְּנֶשֶׁךְ֮ וְשֹׁ֥חַד עַל־נָקִ֗י לֹ֥א־לָ֫קָ֥ח עֹֽשֵׂה־אֵ֑לֶּה לֹ֖א יִמּ֣וֹט לְעוֹלָֽם׃ {פ}</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<br><b>The Bible (The Old Testament)</b> (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals) <br>Book 19. <i>Psalms</i> 15: 1ff (Ps 15:1-5) [tr. GNT (1992 ed.)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalms%2015&version=GNT" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Psalms.15.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en">Source (Hebrew)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord,</span> who shall abide in thy tabernacle?<br>
who shall dwell in thy holy hill?<br>
He that walketh uprightly,<br>
and worketh righteousness,<br>
and speaketh the truth in his heart.<br>
He that backbiteth not with his tongue,<br>
nor doeth evil to his neighbour,<br>
nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.<br>
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned;<br>
but he honoureth them that fear the Lord.<br>
He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.<br>
He that putteth not out his money to usury,<br>
nor taketh reward against the innocent.<br>
He that doeth these things shall never be moved.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalms%2015&version=AKJV">KJV (1611)</a>]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Yahweh, who has the right to enter your tent, or to live on your holy mountain?<br>
<span class="tab">The man whose way of life is blameless, who always does what is right, who speaks the truth from his heart,<br>
<span class="tab">whose tongue is not used for slander, who does no wrong to his fellow, casts no discredit on his neighbour,<br>
<span class="tab">looks with contempt on the reprobate, but honours those who fear Yahweh; who stands by his pledge at any cost,<br>
<span class="tab">does not ask interest on loans, and cannot be bribed to victimise the innocent. -- If a man does all this, nothing can ever shake him.<br>
[<a href="https://www.seraphim.my/bible/jb/JB-OT23%20PSALMS.htm#:~:text=15%3A1%20Yahweh,ever%20shake%20him.">JB</a> (1966)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Yahweh, who can find a home in your tent, who can dwell on your holy mountain?<br>
<span class="tab">Whoever lives blamelessly, who acts uprightly, who speaks the truth from the heart,<br>
<span class="tab">who keeps the tongue under control, who does not wrong a comrade, who casts no discredit on a neighbour,<br>
<span class="tab">who looks with scorn on the vile, but honours those who fear Yahweh, who stands by an oath at any cost,<br>
<span class="tab">who asks no interest on loans, who takes no bribe to harm the innocent. No one who so acts can ever be shaken.<br>
[<a href="https://www.bibliacatolica.com.br/en/new-jerusalem-bible/psalms/15/">NJB</a> (1985)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Who can live in your tent, Lord?<br>
<span class="tab">Who can dwell on your holy mountain?<br>
The person who<br>
<span class="tab">lives free of blame,<br>
<span class="tab">does what is right,<br>
<span class="tab"><span class="tab">and speaks the truth sincerely;<br>
<span class="tab">who does no damage with their talk,<br>
<span class="tab">does no harm to a friend,<br>
<span class="tab">doesn’t insult a neighbor;<br>
<span class="tab">someone who despises<br>
<span class="tab"><span class="tab">those who act wickedly,<br>
<span class="tab"><span class="tab">but who honors those<br>
<span class="tab"><span class="tab">who honor the Lord;<br>
<span class="tab">someone who keeps their promise even when it hurts;<br>
<span class="tab">someone who doesn’t lend money with interest,<br>
<span class="tab">who won’t accept a bribe against any innocent person.<br>
Whoever does these things will never stumble.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalms%2015&version=CEB">CEB</a> (2011)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>O Lord, who may abide in your tent?<br>
<span class="tab">Who may dwell on your holy hill?<br>
Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right<br>
<span class="tab">and speak the truth from their heart;<br>
who do not slander with their tongue<br>
<span class="tab">and do no evil to their friends<br>
<span class="tab">nor heap shame upon their neighbors;<br>
in whose eyes the wicked are despised<br>
<span class="tab">but who honor those who fear the Lord;<br>
who stand by their oath even to their hurt;<br>
who do not lend money at interest<br>
<span class="tab">and do not take a bribe against the innocent.<br>
Those who do these things shall never be moved.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalms%2015&version=NRSVUE">NRSV</a> (2021 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God,</span> who may sojourn in Your tent,<br>
<span class="tab">who may dwell on Your holy mountain?<br>
Anyone who lives without blame,<br>
<span class="tab">who does what is right,<br>
<span class="tab">and in their heart acknowledges the truth;<br>
<span class="tab">whose tongue is not given to evil; <br>
<span class="tab">who has never done harm to a compatriot,<br>
<span class="tab">or borne reproach for [acts toward] a neighbor;<br>
<span class="tab">for whom someone contemptible is abhorrent,<br>
<span class="tab">but who honors those who fear <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>;<br>
<span class="tab">who keeps an oath even when it hurts;<br>
<span class="tab">who has never lent money at interest,<br>
<span class="tab">or accepted a bribe against the innocent.<br>
One who acts thus shall never be shaken.<br>
[<a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Psalms.15.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en">RJPS</a> (2023 ed.)] </blockquote><br>						</span>
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