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In a state of nature , Man is only cruel by necessity . In a state of society , he is
wilfully so , to satiate his caprices , and to allay the host of passions that spring up
from his intercourse with his fellowcreatures . Undoubtedly , I do not prefer a state
...
In a state of nature , Man is only cruel by necessity . In a state of society , he is
wilfully so , to satiate his caprices , and to allay the host of passions that spring up
from his intercourse with his fellowcreatures . Undoubtedly , I do not prefer a state
...
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... to claim and enforce those advantages , which nature and policy point out as
belonging to the possessors of Canada . The importance of our possessions in
North America , has never been duly estimated . Though the abundant supplies
of ...
... to claim and enforce those advantages , which nature and policy point out as
belonging to the possessors of Canada . The importance of our possessions in
North America , has never been duly estimated . Though the abundant supplies
of ...
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An intimate knowledge of the nature of the human mind , and of the principles of
the actions of Man , has ever been regarded as the most important object of
research , to which Philosophy could aspire . And consequently we find , that
moral ...
An intimate knowledge of the nature of the human mind , and of the principles of
the actions of Man , has ever been regarded as the most important object of
research , to which Philosophy could aspire . And consequently we find , that
moral ...
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The nature and limits of the influence of external impressions in the production of
our ideas ; which result , 1st , from the reaction of the organs in consequence of
external impressions , adapted by nature to them , constituting perception — or ...
The nature and limits of the influence of external impressions in the production of
our ideas ; which result , 1st , from the reaction of the organs in consequence of
external impressions , adapted by nature to them , constituting perception — or ...
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waive all reflexion , and to resign the intelligence that nature gave him for his safe
- conduct , and from which no profession can estrange him . From these
principles , I might infer very important general consequences , concerning the ...
waive all reflexion , and to resign the intelligence that nature gave him for his safe
- conduct , and from which no profession can estrange him . From these
principles , I might infer very important general consequences , concerning the ...
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Página 96 - And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you ; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Página 545 - In a prison, the awe of the public eye is lost, and the power of the law is spent ; there are few fears, there are no blushes. The lewd inflame the lewd, the audacious harden the audacious. Every one fortifies himself as he can against his own sensibility, endeavours to practise on others the arts which are practised on himself ; and gains the kindness of his associates by similitude of manners.
Página 396 - The rites of hospitality being thus performed towards a stranger in distress; my worthy benefactress (pointing to the mat, and telling me I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family...
Página 523 - They look upon fraud as a greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death; for they allege, that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding, may preserve a man's goods from thieves, but honesty hath no fence against superior cunning...
Página 536 - There are two capital faults in our law with relation to civil debts. One is, that every man is presumed solvent. A presumption, in innumerable cases, directly against truth. Therefore the debtor is ordered, on a supposition of ability and fraud, to be coerced his liberty until he makes payment.
Página 541 - ... the public stock. The confinement, therefore, of any man in the sloth and darkness of a prison, is a loss to the nation, and no gain to the creditor. For of the multitudes who are pining in those cells of misery, a very small part is suspected of any fraudulent act by which they retain what belongs to others.
Página 397 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn.
Página 352 - An account of the proceedings of the British and other Protestant inhabitants of the province of Quebeck, in North America, in order to obtain an House of Assembly in that province.
Página 538 - His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt more or less in every country; I hope he will anticipate his final reward, by seeing all its effects fully realized in his own. He will receive, not by...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Pamphleteer, Volumen 5 |
| Editor | Abraham John Valpy |
| Editor | A. J. Valpy., 1815 |
| Procedencia del original | la Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 23 Jun 2007 |
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