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Man has certainly an exalted soul ; and the same principle in human nature that as- piring , noble principle founded in benev- olence , and cherished by knowledge ; I mean the love of power , which has been so often the cause of slavery ...
Man has certainly an exalted soul ; and the same principle in human nature that as- piring , noble principle founded in benev- olence , and cherished by knowledge ; I mean the love of power , which has been so often the cause of slavery ...
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With you I have also the honor most perfectly to harmonize in your sentiments of the humanity and wisdom of ... Human appetites , passions , prejudices , and self - love will never be conquered by benev- olence and knowledge alone ...
With you I have also the honor most perfectly to harmonize in your sentiments of the humanity and wisdom of ... Human appetites , passions , prejudices , and self - love will never be conquered by benev- olence and knowledge alone ...
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Wholly there to avoid even the sight of an aggravating object one must needs give it Jonah's toss , or jump overboard him- self . Imagine how all this might eventually operate on some peculiar human creature the direct reverse of a ...
Wholly there to avoid even the sight of an aggravating object one must needs give it Jonah's toss , or jump overboard him- self . Imagine how all this might eventually operate on some peculiar human creature the direct reverse of a ...
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| Title | American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the present Volume 1 of American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, John Towner Frederick |
| Author | John Towner Frederick |
| Editors | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Compiled by | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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