In a fit of mad enthusiasm I created a rational creature, and it was my duty to him to ensure all the happiness and well-being that I could give him. This was my obligation, but there was a higher one. My obligations to my fellow men should take priority, since they involved a greater proportion of happiness or misfortune. Driven by this belief , I refused, and did well, to create a companion for the first being. He then gave evidence of unprecedented wickedness and selfishness: he murdered my loved ones; he devoted himself to the destruction of people full of delicacy, wisdom and
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