The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
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... true , his feeble wail is heard even at this early period ; but it is generally the cry for nourishment , often from pain , produced by improper treatment , or the unnatural aliment derived from a more unnatural mother : they are no ...
... true , his feeble wail is heard even at this early period ; but it is generally the cry for nourishment , often from pain , produced by improper treatment , or the unnatural aliment derived from a more unnatural mother : they are no ...
Page 37
... true prophet , if these events take place . " - " Talk not to me of pro- phecy , " said he angrily , " I beg your pardon for speaking so hastily ; but really I lose all patience at the name . That's an old game , and has been played off ...
... true prophet , if these events take place . " - " Talk not to me of pro- phecy , " said he angrily , " I beg your pardon for speaking so hastily ; but really I lose all patience at the name . That's an old game , and has been played off ...
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... true , we either give implicit credence , or reject it in part or al- together , according to its total or partial agreement with such analogous cases . Such analogy constitutes a presumptive , collateral , and corroborative mass of ...
... true , we either give implicit credence , or reject it in part or al- together , according to its total or partial agreement with such analogous cases . Such analogy constitutes a presumptive , collateral , and corroborative mass of ...
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... true line of distinction between belief and faith . Mankind have been led into prodigi- ously extensive and deep rooted errors , by connecting belief with volition ; that is , by treating belief as an action of the mind , de- pendant on ...
... true line of distinction between belief and faith . Mankind have been led into prodigi- ously extensive and deep rooted errors , by connecting belief with volition ; that is , by treating belief as an action of the mind , de- pendant on ...
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... true distinction between the Atheist and the Deist is this : - does the latter admit " personal consciousness " in the Supreme ? That he can , by the fiat of will , in the twinkling of an eye , as the author of all forms and principles ...
... true distinction between the Atheist and the Deist is this : - does the latter admit " personal consciousness " in the Supreme ? That he can , by the fiat of will , in the twinkling of an eye , as the author of all forms and principles ...
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Page 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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 - 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...