The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
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... voice of consci- ence to a key note , or fundamental sound , to act as a generator , or pivot , to an universal har- mony of thought and action . It has been said , that good and evil are relative terms ; or , 14 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... voice of consci- ence to a key note , or fundamental sound , to act as a generator , or pivot , to an universal har- mony of thought and action . It has been said , that good and evil are relative terms ; or , 14 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... universal stimulus . " -- " They are so , " said L , " cannot you divine what that stimulus is ? " - Seeing me pause , he con- tinued : " know you not , that from the earliest period of self - knowledge , until the hour of death , man ...
... universal stimulus . " -- " They are so , " said L , " cannot you divine what that stimulus is ? " - Seeing me pause , he con- tinued : " know you not , that from the earliest period of self - knowledge , until the hour of death , man ...
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... universal matter and motion for a limited period , loses the once- properties of his being ; is decomposed as an animal , and in turn succeeded here by his own offspring , a part of his own organic mat- ter , and therefore inheriting ...
... universal matter and motion for a limited period , loses the once- properties of his being ; is decomposed as an animal , and in turn succeeded here by his own offspring , a part of his own organic mat- ter , and therefore inheriting ...
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... their doctrines ; well knowing , that when in- dependence of mind is once parted with , the transition to bigotry and ferocious prejudice D is short and easy . Nature , the universal system THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 49.
... their doctrines ; well knowing , that when in- dependence of mind is once parted with , the transition to bigotry and ferocious prejudice D is short and easy . Nature , the universal system THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 49.
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... universal system demands no such sacrifice , no such in- congruities ; belief in her propositions strikes the mind at once , without violence , without infraction of primary laws , because the mind and those laws are derivatives from ...
... universal system demands no such sacrifice , no such in- congruities ; belief in her propositions strikes the mind at once , without violence , without infraction of primary laws , because the mind and those laws are derivatives from ...
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