The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
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... man goaded with the lash of tyranny , until driven to frenzy he loses native purity , and becomes more fe- rocious than a hungry lion . You will hear pride and power demanding their victims fresh every day , 8 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... man goaded with the lash of tyranny , until driven to frenzy he loses native purity , and becomes more fe- rocious than a hungry lion . You will hear pride and power demanding their victims fresh every day , 8 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... , that 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.
... , that 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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... hear who told you so ; were they fools , or bigots , or a compound of the two , in un- divided moieties ? Did they speak from sheer ignorance , or because , knowing better , they wished the present system to continue ? I hope to ...
... hear who told you so ; were they fools , or bigots , or a compound of the two , in un- divided moieties ? Did they speak from sheer ignorance , or because , knowing better , they wished the present system to continue ? I hope to ...
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... Hear me , ' she says , ' or wither on the stem , ' tis I can ripen without scorching . ' Pride blows his blast , and scattering blight pro- claims , ' I seize you as my own ; yours are the boughs predestined to spring aloft , to shade ...
... Hear me , ' she says , ' or wither on the stem , ' tis I can ripen without scorching . ' Pride blows his blast , and scattering blight pro- claims , ' I seize you as my own ; yours are the boughs predestined to spring aloft , to shade ...
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... hear L's remarks . " Now , " said he , " that you are recovered , draw back and listen . " I did so , and heard the hubbub of the multitude below ascending through the haze , like the night - roar of the ocean , heard while unseen . The ...
... hear L's remarks . " Now , " said he , " that you are recovered , draw back and listen . " I did so , and heard the hubbub of the multitude below ascending through the haze , like the night - roar of the ocean , heard while unseen . The ...
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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...