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(in Kantian ethics) the dictum that one should treat oneself and all humanity as an end and never as a means.

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A practical man who refused to run from the dreams that always drove him.
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Moreover, for America there is a fundamental imperative to act.
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This government obligation is limited by practical considerations of safety and security.
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On a practical level, readers are attracted to books that they can read in short bits.
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My concerns are whether practical information is being given to the people.
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These practical demonstrations occurred usually in the opening enthusiasm of the term.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
As the weeks wore on, the pretence of practical teaching was quietly dropped, and we crammed our science out of the text-book.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
It has a training value entirely apart‌ from its practical value in that case.
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The latter is a square-faced practical man, who is looked up to as a species of oracle by all his friends.
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