The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
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... universal and perpetual peace in our country . VI . To subdue that passion for war , which education , added to human depravity , have made universal , a familiarity with the instruments of death , as well as all military shows 20 ...
... universal and perpetual peace in our country . VI . To subdue that passion for war , which education , added to human depravity , have made universal , a familiarity with the instruments of death , as well as all military shows 20 ...
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... universal . III . It promotes just ideas of laws and government . “ When the clouds of ignorance are dispelled ( says the Marquis of Beccaria ) by the radiance of knowledge , power trembles , but the authority of laws remains immovable ...
... universal . III . It promotes just ideas of laws and government . “ When the clouds of ignorance are dispelled ( says the Marquis of Beccaria ) by the radiance of knowledge , power trembles , but the authority of laws remains immovable ...
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... universal prevalence of the Protestant religion , the checks lately given to Negro slavery , the general unwillingness among us to acknowledge the usurpations of primogeniture , the universal practice of inoculation for the small - pox ...
... universal prevalence of the Protestant religion , the checks lately given to Negro slavery , the general unwillingness among us to acknowledge the usurpations of primogeniture , the universal practice of inoculation for the small - pox ...
Contents
ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
YON HELPING THE AFRICANS date unknown | 24 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
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