The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 Seiten |
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... believe them at once , as effects , though even then we are at liberty to question their cause , unless such cause has been since evinced by irrefragable proof . Thus , if it was asserted the sun rose on any given day three thousand ...
... believe them at once , as effects , though even then we are at liberty to question their cause , unless such cause has been since evinced by irrefragable proof . Thus , if it was asserted the sun rose on any given day three thousand ...
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... believe , " without sufficient evidence to warranty , he speaks a contra- diction in terms : his correct expression is , " I can , or cannot believe : " there can be no belief without conviction ; that is , unless the mind is ...
... believe , " without sufficient evidence to warranty , he speaks a contra- diction in terms : his correct expression is , " I can , or cannot believe : " there can be no belief without conviction ; that is , unless the mind is ...
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... believe that , as they term it , ' what must be , must . ' If the second party dare to speak , ( even thought is attempted to be proscribed ) , their conviction that there must be something wrong in a system which gives exclusive power ...
... believe that , as they term it , ' what must be , must . ' If the second party dare to speak , ( even thought is attempted to be proscribed ) , their conviction that there must be something wrong in a system which gives exclusive power ...
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... believe me , I am not so madly presumptuous as to arrogate the exclu- sive office of judge and ruler ; I feel my own weakness and deficiency every hour . But I do mean to contend , that every one has a right to give his opinions freely ...
... believe me , I am not so madly presumptuous as to arrogate the exclu- sive office of judge and ruler ; I feel my own weakness and deficiency every hour . But I do mean to contend , that every one has a right to give his opinions freely ...
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... believe , that if our mono- polizers could catch air , one of the pabula of life , as they seize on surface , they would bottle and sell it retail , as they do the latter : happily it is of a nature which eludes their grasp ; certainly ...
... believe , that if our mono- polizers could catch air , one of the pabula of life , as they seize on surface , they would bottle and sell it retail , as they do the latter : happily it is of a nature which eludes their grasp ; certainly ...
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acquired action animal artificial assert Atheist become belief blood cause certainly chimney sweeper civil clothing common conscience consequence Deism Deist dreadful earth emotion endeavour enjoyment enquiry equality equipoise eternity evil existence eyes faculties fancy father fear feeling fool founded free agency fresh genus Gil Blas give hand happiness HARVARD COLLEGE hear heart Holborn human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour laws ledge LETTER listen look luxuries marriage Maurepas mean ment mental middle men mind misery mode nation natural justice natural law Nature necessity never observe once pain Paradise Lost perhaps persons philanthropy pleasure possession present principles proof reason receive revelation sense slavery sort soul sounds speak species surface tell term thee Theocracy things thou thought tion true truth turn unnatural virtue Whigs
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Seite 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...
Seite 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...