The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
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... Ignorance triumphant over cultivated intellect , cruelty playing at tortures with pas- siveness - in a word , good called evil , and evil good . " You draw , " said I , " a frightful picture of civilization ; already I feel my ardour ...
... Ignorance triumphant over cultivated intellect , cruelty playing at tortures with pas- siveness - in a word , good called evil , and evil good . " You draw , " said I , " a frightful picture of civilization ; already I feel my ardour ...
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... ignorance . " — " Then , " said he , " you are in a fair way of amendment : I will , by degrees , try to set you somewhat right , to show you things more in their true light , and by their right names : I have no wish to assume au ...
... ignorance . " — " Then , " said he , " you are in a fair way of amendment : I will , by degrees , try to set you somewhat right , to show you things more in their true light , and by their right names : I have no wish to assume au ...
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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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... ignorance , or because , knowing better , they wished the present system to continue ? I hope to convince you shortly , how by far the greater portion of mankind glide down the stream of existence after 16 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... ignorance , or because , knowing better , they wished the present system to continue ? I hope to convince you shortly , how by far the greater portion of mankind glide down the stream of existence after 16 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... " they are not happy , nor will they attain their wishes . " Why not ? Because they are uncertain of a plenitude of food from day to day ; because they are ignorant , and ignorance is the parent of misery , THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 29.
... " they are not happy , nor will they attain their wishes . " Why not ? Because they are uncertain of a plenitude of food from day to day ; because they are ignorant , and ignorance is the parent of misery , THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 29.
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