Self-interest is the seed, of which meanness is the full-grown plant, and of which social constraint and slavishness are the final fruits.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
Full surely the professor would not be deceived, and a lover with a heart to reach to her and read her could never be hoodwinked by so palpable a piece of slavishness.
"The Tragic Comedians, Complete"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
But the world of fact, after all, is not good; and, in submitting our judgment to it, there is an element of slavishness from which our thoughts must be purged.
"Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays"
Bertrand Russell