I asked him if there was a time in American history when people had acquired a consciousness of absolute right and wrong. His immediate answer was, No. After some thinking he said, Yes, during the Puritan era. Still a while later, he added, At the present, too. #QianNing

- June 30, 2025

I asked him if there was a time in American history when people had acquired a consciousness of absolute right and wrong. His immediate answer was, No. After some thinking he said, Yes, during the Puritan era. Still a while later, he added, At the present, too. #QianNing
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I asked him if there was a time in American history when people had acquired a consciousness of absolute right and wrong. His immediate answer was, No. After some thinking he said, Yes, during the Puritan era. Still a while later, he added, At the present, too. #QianNing

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