The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
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Page 185
... probably a state of the human mind such as has been described , that our Saviour alluded to in the disciple who was about to betray him , when he called him “ a devil . ” Perhaps the essence of depravity , in infernal spirits , consists ...
... probably a state of the human mind such as has been described , that our Saviour alluded to in the disciple who was about to betray him , when he called him “ a devil . ” Perhaps the essence of depravity , in infernal spirits , consists ...
Page 241
... probably , in many cases , the effect of general convulsion , and may hereafter be discov- ered to be nothing but a chronic spasm of the muscular system . The internal appearances of the body after death , from fevers , still more ...
... probably , in many cases , the effect of general convulsion , and may hereafter be discov- ered to be nothing but a chronic spasm of the muscular system . The internal appearances of the body after death , from fevers , still more ...
Page 344
... probably occasioned by their being exempted , by the certainty of their subsistence from those fears of want which so frequently distract the minds , and thereby weaken the bodies of old people . Life - rents have been supposed to have ...
... probably occasioned by their being exempted , by the certainty of their subsistence from those fears of want which so frequently distract the minds , and thereby weaken the bodies of old people . Life - rents have been supposed to have ...
Contents
ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
A PLAN OF A PEACEOFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES | 19 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
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