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... 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 - has , whenever free- dom has existed , been the cause of ...
... 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 - has , whenever free- dom has existed , been the cause of ...
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... Human appetites , passions , prejudices , and self - love will never be conquered by benev- olence and knowledge alone , introduced by human means . The millennium itself neither supposes nor implies it . All civil government is then to ...
... Human appetites , passions , prejudices , and self - love will never be conquered by benev- olence and knowledge alone , introduced by human means . The millennium itself neither supposes nor implies it . All civil government is then to ...
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... human , and knowl- edge of the world assuredly implies the knowledge of human nature , and in most of its varieties . " " Yes , but a superficial knowledge of it , serving ordinary purposes . But for any- thing deeper , I am not certain ...
... human , and knowl- edge of the world assuredly implies the knowledge of human nature , and in most of its varieties . " " Yes , but a superficial knowledge of it , serving ordinary purposes . But for any- thing deeper , I am not certain ...
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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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