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... conscience , 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.
... conscience , 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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... consciences and notions of good and evil , are not every where the same ; and that therefore it will not serve as a common centre , around which all the circles of opinion may revolve without colli- sion : we will endeavour to see ...
... consciences and notions of good and evil , are not every where the same ; and that therefore it will not serve as a common centre , around which all the circles of opinion may revolve without colli- sion : we will endeavour to see ...
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... consciences of all the true believers in Christendom , was no other than the lady who obtains such honourable mention in those profound reveries , the ' Revelations . ' And moreover , that she , the said lady in red petticoats , had ...
... consciences of all the true believers in Christendom , was no other than the lady who obtains such honourable mention in those profound reveries , the ' Revelations . ' And moreover , that she , the said lady in red petticoats , had ...
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... conscience of the contracting parties to support each other and their children , and he has done his part ; his end is answered . As to the duration and dissolution of this mutual bond , that is another point , with which we have ...
... conscience of the contracting parties to support each other and their children , and he has done his part ; his end is answered . As to the duration and dissolution of this mutual bond , that is another point , with which we have ...
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... conscience , and by consequence the con- science of every man , when thought shall be rendered subject to the dominion of right reason , must become your guide . ' If the or- thodox had over - heard that discourse they would have ...
... conscience , and by consequence the con- science of every man , when thought shall be rendered subject to the dominion of right reason , must become your guide . ' If the or- thodox had over - heard that discourse they would have ...
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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...