The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
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Page 41
... live - but let it be to suffer the reproaches of a guilty conscience : let him live , to make compensation to society for the injury he has done it , by robbing it of a citizen : let him live to maintain the family of the man whom he ...
... live - but let it be to suffer the reproaches of a guilty conscience : let him live , to make compensation to society for the injury he has done it , by robbing it of a citizen : let him live to maintain the family of the man whom he ...
Page 49
... lives , but to save them . " I wish these words composed the motto of the arms of every nation upon the face of the earth . They inculcate every duty that is calculated to preserve - restore -or prolong human life . They militate alike ...
... lives , but to save them . " I wish these words composed the motto of the arms of every nation upon the face of the earth . They inculcate every duty that is calculated to preserve - restore -or prolong human life . They militate alike ...
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... live by one man's will became the cause of all men's misery ; but better , far better , would it be to live by the will of one man , than to live , or rather to die , by the will of a body of men . Unhappy Pennsyl- vania ! Methinks I ...
... live by one man's will became the cause of all men's misery ; but better , far better , would it be to live by the will of one man , than to live , or rather to die , by the will of a body of men . Unhappy Pennsyl- vania ! Methinks I ...
Contents
ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
A PLAN OF A PEACEOFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES | 19 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
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