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... live ; it is " happiness . ' All animals which possess consciousness of existence , seek this desidera- tum instinctively ; that is , are moved to it by a blind inherent impulse , when left in the state where placed by the hand of ...
... live ; it is " happiness . ' All animals which possess consciousness of existence , seek this desidera- tum instinctively ; that is , are moved to it by a blind inherent impulse , when left in the state where placed by the hand of ...
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... lives . But if it was farther asserted , that the sun gave no light during a certain portion of another day , we should , if ignorant of the occurrence of eclip- ses , have an undoubted right to pause in belief , until the causation and ...
... lives . But if it was farther asserted , that the sun gave no light during a certain portion of another day , we should , if ignorant of the occurrence of eclip- ses , have an undoubted right to pause in belief , until the causation and ...
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... live , his blood will be acceptable to us , and must flow . " - " Hear me , " said L , " it is true , I am a White , but I am also the friend of Indians . He ( looking to me ) is a friend to me , and to you also . You are right in ...
... live , his blood will be acceptable to us , and must flow . " - " Hear me , " said L , " it is true , I am a White , but I am also the friend of Indians . He ( looking to me ) is a friend to me , and to you also . You are right in ...
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... , contrary to Nature ! Still I am always proud to pay my humble tribute of acknowledgment to those whose lives are passed in the study of malady , incidental and incurred ; in cleansing from deepest THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 93.
... , contrary to Nature ! Still I am always proud to pay my humble tribute of acknowledgment to those whose lives are passed in the study of malady , incidental and incurred ; in cleansing from deepest THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 93.
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... live with him on bread and water , would follow him into exile .'- ' It is useless , ' said her Sire , ' to oppose me ; I have made up my mind , and that's enough ; besides , I have said No , to him , and to recede now , would be to com ...
... live with him on bread and water , would follow him into exile .'- ' It is useless , ' said her Sire , ' to oppose me ; I have made up my mind , and that's enough ; besides , I have said No , to him , and to recede now , would be to com ...
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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...