The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 Seiten |
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... equality in the enjoyment of ex- istence , as an incident inseparable from his being ; and that instinctively he loves pleasure rather than pain ; are positions too self - evidently absurd to be once named among us , except as a joke ...
... equality in the enjoyment of ex- istence , as an incident inseparable from his being ; and that instinctively he loves pleasure rather than pain ; are positions too self - evidently absurd to be once named among us , except as a joke ...
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... equality and liberty : because its component parts are not laid in the equal proportions necessary to give symmetry and durability to the whole ; because its inha- bitants have departed from the original sim- plicity of their common ...
... equality and liberty : because its component parts are not laid in the equal proportions necessary to give symmetry and durability to the whole ; because its inha- bitants have departed from the original sim- plicity of their common ...
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... equality and gradation at wide intervals , to be- come the basis of his social compact . We will take a turn along the streets ; I predict we shall go but a little way ere you will be struck with some particular objects of suffering hu ...
... equality and gradation at wide intervals , to be- come the basis of his social compact . We will take a turn along the streets ; I predict we shall go but a little way ere you will be struck with some particular objects of suffering hu ...
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... the prebendal stall to the acre of glebe ? The doctrines of Christianity were preached to the poor and needy by the primitive disciples , who fully recognized the equality of the creature , in the eye of the 100 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... the prebendal stall to the acre of glebe ? The doctrines of Christianity were preached to the poor and needy by the primitive disciples , who fully recognized the equality of the creature , in the eye of the 100 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
Seite 101
... equality of the creature , in the eye of the Creator . Why then are the poor still de- barred from sharing its benefits , by the wealthy continuing to retain exclusive possession , to riot in the excess of those things which they were ...
... equality of the creature , in the eye of the Creator . Why then are the poor still de- barred from sharing its benefits , by the wealthy continuing to retain exclusive possession , to riot in the excess of those things which they were ...
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acquire action animal artificial assert Atheist become believe blood cause certainly chimney sweeper civil clothing common conscience consequence Deism Deist dreadful earth emotion endeavour enjoyment enquiry equality equipoise eternity evil existence eyes faculties fancy father fear feeling fool founded free agency fresh genus Gil Blas give hand happiness heal-all hear heart hope human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour latter laws ledge listen look luxuries marriage Maurepas mean ment mental middle men mind misery mode nation natural justice natural law Nature necessity never observe once pain Paradise Lost perhaps persons philanthropy pleasure possession present principles proof reason receive revelation sense slavery sort soul sounds speak species surface tell term thee Theocracy things thou thought timation tion true truth tural turn unnatural virtue Whigs
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Seite 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Seite 160 - The man who resolutely divesting himself of habit and prejudice, of the false impressions imbibed from early childhood, resolves to know Truth, if haply she may be found, is sure to be assailed, threatened, mimicked, and insulted, with abuse the most pitiful and inane, with derision the most paltry, stupid, and futile, wholly unworthy of the exaltation to which human attainmentboasts to have arrived. 'His honesty is decried as presumption, his avowal of naked truth as sedition ; his exposure of existing...
Seite 162 - that reason suits neither you or me : Sully did not go to mass, and Sully was of the council.' ' Maurepas, in this answer, only caught at the ridicule of...