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The former was superstition; the latter is undisguised egoism.
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The sentence sharply dismisses two ideas mentioned earlier. It calls the first “superstition,” meaning an unfounded belief, and the second “undisguised egoism,” meaning selfishness that is openly displayed. The exact ideas being judged are not included here.
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