The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 pàgines |
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Pàgina 8
... reason , the only attribute by which man is distinguished above the beasts of the field , in bonds more du- rable than iron . You will see man goaded with the lash of tyranny , until driven to frenzy he loses native purity , and becomes ...
... reason , the only attribute by which man is distinguished above the beasts of the field , in bonds more du- rable than iron . You will see man goaded with the lash of tyranny , until driven to frenzy he loses native purity , and becomes ...
Pàgina 15
... reason you have to complain ; why you , of all men , should be so dissatisfied . You possess all the comforts of life , all that is ne- cessary to make life desirable . It is evident you possess a cultivated mind , and moreover , that ...
... reason you have to complain ; why you , of all men , should be so dissatisfied . You possess all the comforts of life , all that is ne- cessary to make life desirable . It is evident you possess a cultivated mind , and moreover , that ...
Pàgina 17
... Reason , and is conse- quently hollow and artificial : and , lastly , that being established on positions purely local and temporary , it now totters to its base before the mighty engines of knowledge , which batter it forlorn on all ...
... Reason , and is conse- quently hollow and artificial : and , lastly , that being established on positions purely local and temporary , it now totters to its base before the mighty engines of knowledge , which batter it forlorn on all ...
Pàgina 25
... reason , or of passing through the sieve of his mind , the enquiry whether this or that acquirement be congenial with his inherent feelings , so , by the exercise of this same reasoning faculty , he is enabled to adopt or reject with ...
... reason , or of passing through the sieve of his mind , the enquiry whether this or that acquirement be congenial with his inherent feelings , so , by the exercise of this same reasoning faculty , he is enabled to adopt or reject with ...
Pàgina 30
... reason , that one dog takes a bite from another stronger than himself ; the little one smarts and howls , but the fear of a worse thrashing restrains him from returning the favour ; while the great one paces off , with a gait betokening ...
... reason , that one dog takes a bite from another stronger than himself ; the little one smarts and howls , but the fear of a worse thrashing restrains him from returning the favour ; while the great one paces off , with a gait betokening ...
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Pàgina 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...