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... necessity be , ) I am so far from being satisfied with my situation , that at this moment I am penetrated with profound regret at holding the rank I do . " - " Indeed ! " said I , " then that must be the effect of your knowing more than ...
... necessity be , ) I am so far from being satisfied with my situation , that at this moment I am penetrated with profound regret at holding the rank I do . " - " Indeed ! " said I , " then that must be the effect of your knowing more than ...
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... necessity of inequality , if I wished that system to last , or sincerely believed it to have truth for its foundation , will endeavour to prove that it is founded on error , has no con- nexion with Nature and Reason , and is conse ...
... necessity of inequality , if I wished that system to last , or sincerely believed it to have truth for its foundation , will endeavour to prove that it is founded on error , has no con- nexion with Nature and Reason , and is conse ...
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... necessity , as yonder smoke flies upwards . " - " At any rate , ” said I , " if posterity knew your sentiments , and heard the traditions of these your declarations , you would be well deemed a true prophet , if these events take place ...
... necessity , as yonder smoke flies upwards . " - " At any rate , ” said I , " if posterity knew your sentiments , and heard the traditions of these your declarations , you would be well deemed a true prophet , if these events take place ...
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... should , if ignorant of the occurrence of eclip- ses , have an undoubted right to pause in belief , until the causation and necessity of them were explained and satisfactorily proved to us ; after such proof THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 47.
... should , if ignorant of the occurrence of eclip- ses , have an undoubted right to pause in belief , until the causation and necessity of them were explained and satisfactorily proved to us ; after such proof THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 47.
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... by some new power at present unknown , generated from their own multitudes of action and re - action ? Some assert the universe has existed in some shape from all eternity , of necessity , because THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 61.
... by some new power at present unknown , generated from their own multitudes of action and re - action ? Some assert the universe has existed in some shape from all eternity , of necessity , because THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 61.
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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...