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(As the word Tugend is derived from taugen [to be good for something], Untugend by its etymology signifies good for nothing.)
The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics Immanuel Kant 1764
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In Prussia, meantime, and indeed all over Germany, a spirit of deep and settled enmity was manifesting itself in the shape of patriotic clubs (the chief being called the Tugend-bund, or Alliance of Virtue), which included the young and the daring of every class, and threatened, at no distant period, to convulse the whole fabric of society with the one purpose of clearing the national soil of its foreign oppressors.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Lockhart, John G 1906
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Some scientists have "significant and numerous issues ... with the quality of research this group has produced in the past," Tugend wrote, yet Reinstein's group persists in "demanding research grants from us."
Psychiatrist Was Paid $500Kto Promote Antipsychotic Drug, Despite Doubts ProPublica 2009
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Some scientists have "significant and numerous issues ... with the quality of research this group has produced in the past," Tugend wrote, yet Reinstein's group persists in "demanding research grants from us."
Psychiatrist Was Paid $500Kto Promote Antipsychotic Drug, Despite Doubts ProPublica 2009
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German noun, _Tugend_ (from _taugen_, to fit) means capability, and is related to worth, honour, manliness.
Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics Archibald B. C. Alexander
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Several passages of comment or comparison testify to the then current admiration of Yorick, and the conventional German interpretation of his character; “sein gutes, empfindungsvolles Herz, mit Tugend und sittlichem Gefühl erfüllt.”
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Deutschen_, 1777-81, thus failing to mention the more significant, because earlier, journals: _die Brittische Bibliothek_, which appeared first in 1759 in Leipzig, edited by Karl Wilhelm Müller: and _Bremisches Magazin zur Ausbreitung der Wissenschaften, Künste und Tugend, Von einigen Liebhabern derselben mehrentheils aus den
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Federn der Handlungen, wie entlarvt, wie verabscheuungsvoll steht vor ihm das Laster, wie liebenswürdig die Tugend! wie interessant sind seine Schilderungen, wie eindringend seine Lehren! und woher diese grosse Kenntniss des Menschen, woher diese getreue
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Principien der Tugend and den Christenthums, welche im Mittelalter sich allein im Privatleben and der Kirche zur Geltung gebracht hatten, nun auch anfingen, das politische Leben zu durchdringen.
Lectures on Modern history John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868
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Hegel, welcher annahm, der Fortschritt der Neuzeit gegen das Mittelalter sei dieser, dass die Principien der Tugend und des Christenthums, welche im Mittelalter sich allein im Privatleben und der Kirche zur Geltung gebracht hätten, nun auch anfingen, das politische Leben zu durchdringen. —
A Lecture on the Study of History John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868
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