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... principles , followed up by conduct . L - is certainly a singular man ; he his ec- centric without effort , apparently without consciousness of his eccentricity . To those who see no deeper than the surface , he would ap- pear a man of ...
... principles , followed up by conduct . L - is certainly a singular man ; he his ec- centric without effort , apparently without consciousness of his eccentricity . To those who see no deeper than the surface , he would ap- pear a man of ...
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... own ? the trout shall hide her spawn in their pave- ment , the otter shall dive through them.- While this proud edifice whereon we stand , concomitant still with the principles of its founders , and 38 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... own ? the trout shall hide her spawn in their pave- ment , the otter shall dive through them.- While this proud edifice whereon we stand , concomitant still with the principles of its founders , and 38 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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Henry Horne (jr). concomitant still with the principles of its founders , and like them reduced to natural level , shall lie a crumbling disjointed monu- ment , the victim of fruitless opposition to Nature's laws , and of fallacious ...
Henry Horne (jr). concomitant still with the principles of its founders , and like them reduced to natural level , shall lie a crumbling disjointed monu- ment , the victim of fruitless opposition to Nature's laws , and of fallacious ...
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... principles of truth and right reason ; and assuming as incontrovertible the existence of misery and want in the mass of mankind , even in their best state of society ; and , be it known to you the latter is asserted to exist in absolute ...
... principles of truth and right reason ; and assuming as incontrovertible the existence of misery and want in the mass of mankind , even in their best state of society ; and , be it known to you the latter is asserted to exist in absolute ...
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... principle immu- table ? Can any thing in materiality or im- materiality be otherwise than as it is ? Is there any such existence as alternative ? Is it not absurd to ask " why things are as they are ? ” May we not as well ask , " Why do ...
... principle immu- table ? Can any thing in materiality or im- materiality be otherwise than as it is ? Is there any such existence as alternative ? Is it not absurd to ask " why things are as they are ? ” May we not as well ask , " Why do ...
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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...