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... animal , as a necessitous consequent : " " Then , " said L , " I think they lied . But let us 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 ...
... animal , as a necessitous consequent : " " Then , " said L , " I think they lied . But let us 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 ...
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... animal was born docile and playful ; he would have grown to maturity happy in his limited capacity ; would in dumb fondness have licked the hand that caressed him . Blows and confinement , cruelty of every description , have produced ...
... animal was born docile and playful ; he would have grown to maturity happy in his limited capacity ; would in dumb fondness have licked the hand that caressed him . Blows and confinement , cruelty of every description , have produced ...
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... animals which possess consciousness of existence , seek this desidera- tum instinctively ; that is , are moved to it ... animal and necessitous , which are those of taking food ; and into those which we term amusements , C which last are ...
... animals which possess consciousness of existence , seek this desidera- tum instinctively ; that is , are moved to it ... animal and necessitous , which are those of taking food ; and into those which we term amusements , C which last are ...
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... animal forms ; the second appertain to him as distinguishing character- istics . As to amusements , strictly such ... animals are able to utter sounds , expressive of those , intelligible to their own species ) ; but of entering into new ...
... animal forms ; the second appertain to him as distinguishing character- istics . As to amusements , strictly such ... animals are able to utter sounds , expressive of those , intelligible to their own species ) ; but of entering into new ...
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... animal , with only two unmixed derivative sensations , those of hunger , and desire of procreation ; on these two hang all the requisites of his exist- ence , considering him as a simple animal ma- chine ; to these two alone are ...
... animal , with only two unmixed derivative sensations , those of hunger , and desire of procreation ; on these two hang all the requisites of his exist- ence , considering him as a simple animal ma- chine ; to these two alone are ...
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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 - Necker,'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...