in doing something unless he tries to accomplish the right end with it. We may even find that the purpose of certain deeds lies in their purifying effect on the motive of future deeds of a similar sort or of future deeds in general. The doing of many individual good deeds of kindness will increase the kindness of our disposition. Yet there is always this distinction, that in the case of motive we deal with the condition of the will as it is at the time of the action under consideration, while in
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