The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
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... existence of these enormities , and as feelingly deplored them ; but it is these re- flections which strike me with remorse . How can , or ought I , to sit down basking in the excess of what others , born with the same na- tural right ...
... existence of these enormities , and as feelingly deplored them ; but it is these re- flections which strike me with remorse . How can , or ought I , to sit down basking in the excess of what others , born with the same na- tural right ...
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... existence after the manner of a team of wild ducks , who fly with outstretched necks , with- out turning their heads to either side : these persons open wide their mouths for the cram of nonsensical garbage , and are crammed to the ...
... existence after the manner of a team of wild ducks , who fly with outstretched necks , with- out turning their heads to either side : these persons open wide their mouths for the cram of nonsensical garbage , and are crammed to the ...
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... 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. ...
... 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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... existence , for which she commands him to 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 ...
... existence , for which she commands him to 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 ...
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... existence ; but have been too often confounded with those that are . Now , I mean to say , no man can enjoy mental pleasure , ease and serenity of soul , in the lofty degree for which Nature has framed him , unless he is mo- rally ...
... existence ; but have been too often confounded with those that are . Now , I mean to say , no man can enjoy mental pleasure , ease and serenity of soul , in the lofty degree for which Nature has framed him , unless he is mo- rally ...
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Page 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 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...
Page 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...