The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 páginas |
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... voice whose still small whispers you yet scarce hear through the mist of ignorance , that voice which soon shall speak loud as the trumpet's sound ; through the bright medium of know- ledge , THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 13.
... voice whose still small whispers you yet scarce hear through the mist of ignorance , that voice which soon shall speak loud as the trumpet's sound ; through the bright medium of know- ledge , THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 13.
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... ledge , that , and that only , must be your monitor and guide . I tell you , once for all , to beware of placing a blind confidence in me : men will always differ on subjects incapable of demon- strative proof : what that proof is , I ...
... ledge , that , and that only , must be your monitor and guide . I tell you , once for all , to beware of placing a blind confidence in me : men will always differ on subjects incapable of demon- strative proof : what that proof is , I ...
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... ledge acquired fortuitously , or through search , increased the aggregate joint stock of such his staple commodity ? " - " You ask , " said he , " a question of vast magnitude , of tremendous import , but it shall be answered : what you ...
... ledge acquired fortuitously , or through search , increased the aggregate joint stock of such his staple commodity ? " - " You ask , " said he , " a question of vast magnitude , of tremendous import , but it shall be answered : what you ...
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... ledge and happiness . And why are they ignorant , seeing that , as men , they possess a capability of acquiring knowledge ? Because the society which owns them as members is founded on inequality , as a pri- mordial base . But if ...
... ledge and happiness . And why are they ignorant , seeing that , as men , they possess a capability of acquiring knowledge ? Because the society which owns them as members is founded on inequality , as a pri- mordial base . But if ...
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... ledge induced by sight , as to give credit to an assertion , " that I held the stick with my right , and touched you with my left hand ? " The answer is obvious : " certainly you could not . " And yet , if will and belief were proper ...
... ledge induced by sight , as to give credit to an assertion , " that I held the stick with my right , and touched you with my left hand ? " The answer is obvious : " certainly you could not . " And yet , if will and belief were proper ...
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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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Página 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Página 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...
Página 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...