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... produced from the nausea of unnatural motion . In the in- tervals of sickness , I could not help thinking the sea was an element unnatural to man , else why this new sensation so foreign to that felt by us while treading on earth ...
... produced from the nausea of unnatural motion . In the in- tervals of sickness , I could not help thinking the sea was an element unnatural to man , else why this new sensation so foreign to that felt by us while treading on earth ...
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... of every description , have produced the excitement of 3 frame which now render him a terror to his own species , and to man his instructor . Now , if unrestrained by habitual dread , he would tear the THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 21.
... of every description , have produced the excitement of 3 frame which now render him a terror to his own species , and to man his instructor . Now , if unrestrained by habitual dread , he would tear the THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 21.
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... produced by improper treatment , or the unnatural aliment derived from a more unnatural mother : they are no more the cries of mental anguish , no more the inheritage of a curse denounced on his race , than is the bleat of the lamb for ...
... produced by improper treatment , or the unnatural aliment derived from a more unnatural mother : they are no more the cries of mental anguish , no more the inheritage of a curse denounced on his race , than is the bleat of the lamb for ...
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... produced a simple animal , with only two unmixed derivative sensations , those of hunger , and desire of procreation ; on these two hang all the requisites of his exist- ence , considering him as a simple animal ma- chine ; to these two ...
... produced a simple animal , with only two unmixed derivative sensations , those of hunger , and desire of procreation ; on these two hang all the requisites of his exist- ence , considering him as a simple animal ma- chine ; to these two ...
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... produce it then : and that as man , from or- ganic structure is unsuited for solitude , par- ticularly from infantine helplessness , is gre- garious , or inclined to associate with his genus , and by reason of intellect derives ...
... produce it then : and that as man , from or- ganic structure is unsuited for solitude , par- ticularly from infantine helplessness , is gre- garious , or inclined to associate with his genus , and by reason of intellect derives ...
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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...