and the liability to imputation and the ascription of good or bad
motives； which attach to individuality in virtue of its social relations。 They who on moral grounds；
and consequently with noble intention； have resisted that which the advance of the Spiritual Idea
makes necessary； stand higher in moral worth than those whose crimes have been turned into the
means — under the direction of a superior principle — of realising the purposes of that principle。
But in such revolutions both parties generally stand within the limits of the same circle of transient
and corruptible existence。 Consequently it is only a formal rectitude — deserted by the living Spirit
and by God — which those who stand upon ancient right and order maintain。 The deeds of great
men； who are the Individuals of the World's History； thus appear not only justified in view of that
intrinsic result of which they were not conscious； but also from the point of view occupied by the
secular moralist。 But looked at from this point； moral claims that are irrelevant； must not be
brought into collision with world…historical deeds and their acplishment。 The Litany of private
virtues — modesty； humility； philanthropy and forbearance — must not be raised against them。 The
History of the World might； on principle； entirely ignore the circle within which morality and the so
much talked of distinction between the moral and the politic lies — not only in abstaining from
judgments； for the principles involved； and the necessary reference of the deeds in question to
those principles； are a sufficient judgment of them — but in leaving Individuals quite out of view
and unmentioned。 What it has to record is t