It is all-important to remember that naturalists have no golden rule by which to distinguish species and varieties; […]
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Golden rule
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conventiondeontologydictatedictumegoistic ethicsempiricismethical formalismethical philosophyethologyethonomicseudaemonicsevolutionismformformulageneral principleguidelineguiding principlehedonism
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imperativeintuitionismlawmaximmitzvahmoralmoral philosophynormordinanceperfectionismpostulateprincipiumprinciplepropositionregulationrubricruleself-evident truthsettled principlesituation ethics
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There is one golden rule of timetable work, that if a passenger train never runs to time it must be altered or other trains must be altered so that it can shake off its chronic unpunctuality.
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Here's what we call our golden rule / Have faith in you and the things you do
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A new book called When Nothing Works shows which groups have enjoyed the biggest rise in take-home pay since the turn of the millennium. From Tony Blair to Boris Johnson, the authors discover one golden rule: the richer you are, the more money you’re given.
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