The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 Seiten |
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... mode of acquisition : that as to him alone of all the living creatures on our globe , pertains the faculty of reason , or of passing through the sieve of his mind , the enquiry whether this or that acquirement be congenial with his ...
... mode of acquisition : that as to him alone of all the living creatures on our globe , pertains the faculty of reason , or of passing through the sieve of his mind , the enquiry whether this or that acquirement be congenial with his ...
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... mode of adjusting the lips , the palate , and the tongue ; but the process being artificial , the result , compared with the natural mode , is as nothing . The other formation of language , is by a series of sounds altogether new : thus ...
... mode of adjusting the lips , the palate , and the tongue ; but the process being artificial , the result , compared with the natural mode , is as nothing . The other formation of language , is by a series of sounds altogether new : thus ...
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... mode , were , by accident or design , thrown to- gether on a spot affording due subsistence , they would of course form an original lan- guage of their own . They would point to the different objects around them , give specific ap ...
... mode , were , by accident or design , thrown to- gether on a spot affording due subsistence , they would of course form an original lan- guage of their own . They would point to the different objects around them , give specific ap ...
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... mode of operation ? Why do they fight and tear like dogs about this truth , like beasts who possess not reason ? " But enough of this ; let us reason together as men , as rational free agents , with calmness and moderation ; let us take ...
... mode of operation ? Why do they fight and tear like dogs about this truth , like beasts who possess not reason ? " But enough of this ; let us reason together as men , as rational free agents , with calmness and moderation ; let us take ...
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... mode of life , or ours , be best and happiest . " He paused ; and the people looking at each other with smiles of confidence , a mur- mer of applause filled my ears . They threw down their weapons , and advanced to us with open arms ...
... mode of life , or ours , be best and happiest . " He paused ; and the people looking at each other with smiles of confidence , a mur- mer of applause filled my ears . They threw down their weapons , and advanced to us with open arms ...
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acquired action animal artificial assert Atheist become belief 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 HARVARD COLLEGE hear heart Holborn human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour laws ledge LETTER 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 tion true truth turn unnatural virtue Whigs
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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 - Necker,'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...