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... the smallest reflection : I pity , from my soul , the untimely fate which awaits most of them ; their trade is sickening to philanthropy . Let us change the scene . " LETTER XV . said , As we walked from the 112 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... the smallest reflection : I pity , from my soul , the untimely fate which awaits most of them ; their trade is sickening to philanthropy . Let us change the scene . " LETTER XV . said , As we walked from the 112 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
Page 127
... philanthropy . In her turn , she will become the emporium of know- ledge , of true knowledge . Good and liberal minds hail her as the rising star which , yet twinkling from afar , will , at no very distant period , enlighten her ...
... philanthropy . In her turn , she will become the emporium of know- ledge , of true knowledge . Good and liberal minds hail her as the rising star which , yet twinkling from afar , will , at no very distant period , enlighten her ...
Page 175
... philanthropy , knowledge , and happiness , were to flow in a triple stream . The lands of the great pro- prietors were confiscated , and sold in the usual way for the State's use ; but no divi- sional equalization , no true recognition ...
... philanthropy , knowledge , and happiness , were to flow in a triple stream . The lands of the great pro- prietors were confiscated , and sold in the usual way for the State's use ; but no divi- sional equalization , no true recognition ...
Page 198
... philanthropy attendant on just reflection ; on a knowledge of his relative position in the world . Murder we have already considered : the crime of theft ranks next in consequence , to man as a social animal , and it is to him only as ...
... philanthropy attendant on just reflection ; on a knowledge of his relative position in the world . Murder we have already considered : the crime of theft ranks next in consequence , to man as a social animal , and it is to him only as ...
Page 203
... philanthropy shall dart forth in meridian splendour , shedding mild in- fluence on all creation : his fervid rays shall dry up the channels of ambitious fanaticism wet with human gore ; with the blood of wretches hired and drugged to ...
... philanthropy shall dart forth in meridian splendour , shedding mild in- fluence on all creation : his fervid rays shall dry up the channels of ambitious fanaticism wet with human gore ; with the blood of wretches hired and drugged to ...
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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...