The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
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Page 79
... believe the State is divided only about these two things ; for the party who believe the gov- ernment to be a good one , is too inconsiderable to be noticed in this place . I. I beg leave to offer a few objections to our submitting to ...
... believe the State is divided only about these two things ; for the party who believe the gov- ernment to be a good one , is too inconsiderable to be noticed in this place . I. I beg leave to offer a few objections to our submitting to ...
Page 118
... believe no man ever did so , without having been made wiser or better , by the early operation of these preju- dices upon his mind . Every just principle that is to be found in the writings of Voltaire , is borrowed from the Bible : and ...
... believe no man ever did so , without having been made wiser or better , by the early operation of these preju- dices upon his mind . Every just principle that is to be found in the writings of Voltaire , is borrowed from the Bible : and ...
Page 122
... believe , are concealed in them . The time , I have no doubt , will come , when posterity will view and pity our ignorance of these truths , as much as we do the ignorance of the disciples of our Saviour , who knew nothing of the ...
... believe , are concealed in them . The time , I have no doubt , will come , when posterity will view and pity our ignorance of these truths , as much as we do the ignorance of the disciples of our Saviour , who knew nothing of the ...
Contents
ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
A PLAN OF A PEACEOFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES | 19 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
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