The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
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Page 282
... inhabitants , and at the same time deny it the more necessary articles of food and cloathing . I know not whether heaven has provided every country with antidotes even to the natural dis- eases of its inhabitants . The intermitting ...
... inhabitants , and at the same time deny it the more necessary articles of food and cloathing . I know not whether heaven has provided every country with antidotes even to the natural dis- eases of its inhabitants . The intermitting ...
Page 288
... inhabitants of Norway and Russia are as remarkable for their fine teeth as the inhabitants of Africa . We observe fine teeth to be universal likewise among the inhabitants of France , who live in a variable climate . These have been ...
... inhabitants of Norway and Russia are as remarkable for their fine teeth as the inhabitants of Africa . We observe fine teeth to be universal likewise among the inhabitants of France , who live in a variable climate . These have been ...
Page 364
... inhabitants of cold climates , so we may infer from this , that less exercise , which is only a substitute for ... inhabitants of warm climates being less prompted to these things , their bodies continue longer unimpaired . I confine ...
... inhabitants of cold climates , so we may infer from this , that less exercise , which is only a substitute for ... inhabitants of warm climates being less prompted to these things , their bodies continue longer unimpaired . I confine ...
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ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
A PLAN OF A PEACEOFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES | 19 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
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