The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
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Page 184
... observe instances of a total want of memory , imagination , and judgment , either from an original defect in the stamina of the brain , or from the influence of physical causes ? The same unnatural defect is sometimes observed , and ...
... observe instances of a total want of memory , imagination , and judgment , either from an original defect in the stamina of the brain , or from the influence of physical causes ? The same unnatural defect is sometimes observed , and ...
Page 345
... observation is not confined to literary men , nor to women only , in whom longevity , without much exercise of body , has been frequently observed . I met with one instance of a weaver ; a second of a silver - smith ; and a third of a ...
... observation is not confined to literary men , nor to women only , in whom longevity , without much exercise of body , has been frequently observed . I met with one instance of a weaver ; a second of a silver - smith ; and a third of a ...
Page 388
... observed the best people in all parts of the World , call one another by their names as seldom as possible in company . I am at a loss to point out the foundation of this custom in Nature . We observe however something like it in the ...
... observed the best people in all parts of the World , call one another by their names as seldom as possible in company . I am at a loss to point out the foundation of this custom in Nature . We observe however something like it in the ...
Contents
ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
A PLAN OF A PEACEOFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES | 19 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
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