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Ought (n.) condemns ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the whole course of things in every "thus it should be," since upon your little wrongful act stands the entire structure of the future.

Ought (n.) called ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠forth knowledge of what is: our wonder at the gap between our wishes and the course of the world is what made us acquainted with the world.

Ought (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠every 'it ought to be so, but it is not' condemns the entire course of things — upon your little injustice stands the whole edifice of the future.

Ought (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠'a man as he ought to be' sound as preposterous as 'a tree as it ought to be'.

Ought (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the desire that thus it ought to be looks ludicrous beside knowing what is, and yet this desire first called forth the wish to know, and perhaps it is our desire to overcome the world.