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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... organization imperiously bids him seek ? that object which he thus instinctively seeks to acquire , is the maximum for which Nature calls him into existence , for which she commands him to live ; 24 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . LETTER V. ...
... organization imperiously bids him seek ? that object which he thus instinctively seeks to acquire , is the maximum for which Nature calls him into existence , for which she commands him to live ; 24 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . LETTER V. ...
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... live ; it is " happiness . " All animals which possess consciousness of existence , seek this desidera- tum instinctively ; that is , are moved to it by a blind inherent impulse , when left in the state where placed by the hand of ...
... live ; it is " happiness . " All animals which possess consciousness of existence , seek this desidera- tum instinctively ; that is , are moved to it by a blind inherent impulse , when left in the state where placed by the hand of ...
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... lives . But if it was farther asserted , that the sun gave no light during a certain portion of another day , we should , if ignorant of the occurrence of eclip- ses , have an undoubted right to pause in belief , until the causation and ...
... lives . But if it was farther asserted , that the sun gave no light during a certain portion of another day , we should , if ignorant of the occurrence of eclip- ses , have an undoubted right to pause in belief , until the causation and ...
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... live , his blood will be acceptable to us , and must flow . " - " Hear me , " said L—— , " it is true , I am a White , but I am also the friend of Indians . He ( looking to me ) is a friend to me , and to you also . You are right in ...
... live , his blood will be acceptable to us , and must flow . " - " Hear me , " said L—— , " it is true , I am a White , but I am also the friend of Indians . He ( looking to me ) is a friend to me , and to you also . You are right in ...
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... , contrary to Nature ! Still I am always proud to pay my humble tribute of acknowledgment to those whose lives are passed in the study of malady , incidental and incurred ; in cleansing from deepest THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 93.
... , contrary to Nature ! Still I am always proud to pay my humble tribute of acknowledgment to those whose lives are passed in the study of malady , incidental and incurred ; in cleansing from deepest THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 93.
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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...