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Quotation from Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H. Tawney
“men are to be judged by their reach as well as by their grasp--by the ends at which they aim as well as by the success with which they attain them.”
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, Ch. V, Conclusion (Project Gutenberg #71223 (Harcourt, Brace, 1926))
Tawney asks readers to weigh the medieval and Puritan moralists by their ideals as well as by their often corrupt practice.
Citation: "men are to be judged by their reach as well as by their grasp--by the ends at which they aim as well as by the success with which they attain them." — R. H. Tawney, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, Ch. V, Conclusion (Project Gutenberg #71223 (Harcourt, Brace, 1926)). (id tawney-religion-and-the-rise-of-capitalism-q7)
