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If Comtism had spread the world would have been converted, not by the Comtist philosophy, but by the Comtist calendar.
From Heretics by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
She wrote a Comtist tragedy, The Spanish Gypsy, of which I must speak softly, since, omnivorous as I am, I have never been able to swallow it.
From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund
Altruism, a Comtist doctrine which inculcates sacrifice of self for the good of others as the rule of human action.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
The Comtist replies that the task is philosophic, and is not to be judged by the minute accuracies of science.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 10: Auguste Comte by Morley, John
To regret, a Comtist hierarchy would have probably added repression, sending Faraday back to his bookbinder's bench as a more dignified and practical sphere of action than peddling with a magnet.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
