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... human nature so debased as where ignorance is armed with power . 11. But these melancholy effects of the Inquisition are a trifle when compared with those public sacrifices , called Auto da Fé , or Act of Faith , and to the shocking ...
... human nature so debased as where ignorance is armed with power . 11. But these melancholy effects of the Inquisition are a trifle when compared with those public sacrifices , called Auto da Fé , or Act of Faith , and to the shocking ...
Page 330
... human nature's broadest , foulest blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and extracts his sweat With stripes , that ... human feelings , does not blush , And hang his head , to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ...
... human nature's broadest , foulest blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and extracts his sweat With stripes , that ... human feelings , does not blush , And hang his head , to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ...
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... humanity and compassion of the court , in favor of his oppressed fellow creatures . This benevolent man left no tone ... human species . 5. The colonists , on their part , were not inactive . They represented the Americans as an inferior ...
... humanity and compassion of the court , in favor of his oppressed fellow creatures . This benevolent man left no tone ... human species . 5. The colonists , on their part , were not inactive . They represented the Americans as an inferior ...
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