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... father had often said , " My son , be- ware of the Whites , they are crafty above all men . They deceived our Fathers while they extended to them the right hand of brother- hood ; their children are like those of the old time , and will ...
... father had often said , " My son , be- ware of the Whites , they are crafty above all men . They deceived our Fathers while they extended to them the right hand of brother- hood ; their children are like those of the old time , and will ...
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... fathers . Our friendship demands this explanation ; for lack whereof thou mightest deem me unkind . Thou shalt from time to time receive my observations and records of passing events among the people I am going to visit : I think thou ...
... fathers . Our friendship demands this explanation ; for lack whereof thou mightest deem me unkind . Thou shalt from time to time receive my observations and records of passing events among the people I am going to visit : I think thou ...
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... Father , why was he with the Child ? And how could he , All - powerful , All- knowing , allow another being of inferior power and knowledge , to take him unawares ? " So deeply is a sense of natural justice rooted in man , as part of ...
... Father , why was he with the Child ? And how could he , All - powerful , All- knowing , allow another being of inferior power and knowledge , to take him unawares ? " So deeply is a sense of natural justice rooted in man , as part of ...
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... father raised ; and becomes in turn a beggar ; for this sort of wealth never lasts long : at farthest , the third generation scatters the main part of it . " " I will , " continued L-- , " give you one treat more , and then I think , we ...
... father raised ; and becomes in turn a beggar ; for this sort of wealth never lasts long : at farthest , the third generation scatters the main part of it . " " I will , " continued L-- , " give you one treat more , and then I think , we ...
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... fathers , Jehovah , who he verily believes revealed himself to Moses , the law- giver of his race . There is something amiable in his steady credulity , his fond expectancy . And this is he who is lumped with Turks , Heretics , and ...
... fathers , Jehovah , who he verily believes revealed himself to Moses , the law- giver of his race . There is something amiable in his steady credulity , his fond expectancy . And this is he who is lumped with Turks , Heretics , and ...
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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...