The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind; Selected from the Best Authorities, in Prose and Verse, and Methodically Arranged |
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... existing govern- ments confess their enmity to impartial and unfettered discussion , and he who , with the purest intentions , should listen only to the voice of reason , and repeat her dictates , must voice ii PREFACE .
... existing govern- ments confess their enmity to impartial and unfettered discussion , and he who , with the purest intentions , should listen only to the voice of reason , and repeat her dictates , must voice ii PREFACE .
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voice of reason , and repeat her dictates , must expect to be branded with the most opprobrious epithets . It was this train of thinking which sug- gested the idea of the following compilation . " I do not expect , " said its author ...
voice of reason , and repeat her dictates , must expect to be branded with the most opprobrious epithets . It was this train of thinking which sug- gested the idea of the following compilation . " I do not expect , " said its author ...
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... reason , that inherent sense of right which com- mands us what to do and what to avoid . Reason , when properly unfolded and matured in the human mind , is what I understand by w . CICERO . De Legibus , lib . 1. ch . 17 , 18 . LAW thus ...
... reason , that inherent sense of right which com- mands us what to do and what to avoid . Reason , when properly unfolded and matured in the human mind , is what I understand by w . CICERO . De Legibus , lib . 1. ch . 17 , 18 . LAW thus ...
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... reason every thing is , or is forbidden to be . The image and mirrour in which his law is reflected to us , is that innate sense of morality which the gods have bestowed upon mankind , that reason and judgment of the Wise Man which is ...
... reason every thing is , or is forbidden to be . The image and mirrour in which his law is reflected to us , is that innate sense of morality which the gods have bestowed upon mankind , that reason and judgment of the Wise Man which is ...
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... reason . After Theodore was elected king of Corsica , not many years ago , by the mere choice of the natives , for their own convenience in opposing the Geno- ese , he went over into England , got himself into jail , and on his release ...
... reason . After Theodore was elected king of Corsica , not many years ago , by the mere choice of the natives , for their own convenience in opposing the Geno- ese , he went over into England , got himself into jail , and on his release ...
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