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... slavery ; and much is it to be feared that we shall perpetually relapse , whilst the real pro- ductive cause of all ... slaves ; and even those of a rank of understanding superior , will now and then involun- tarily feel its influence ...
... slavery ; and much is it to be feared that we shall perpetually relapse , whilst the real pro- ductive cause of all ... slaves ; and even those of a rank of understanding superior , will now and then involun- tarily feel its influence ...
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... slavery , is requisite to support these societies ; the interest , the am- bition , the malice , or the revenge , nay , even the whim and caprice , of one ruling man among them , is enough to arm all the rest , without any private views ...
... slavery , is requisite to support these societies ; the interest , the am- bition , the malice , or the revenge , nay , even the whim and caprice , of one ruling man among them , is enough to arm all the rest , without any private views ...
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... slavery of his subjects . Thus encouraged both by passion and inter- est to trample on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he proceeds to the most horrid and shocking outrages upon mankind . Their ...
... slavery of his subjects . Thus encouraged both by passion and inter- est to trample on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he proceeds to the most horrid and shocking outrages upon mankind . Their ...
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... slavery . The day , says Homer , which makes man a slave , takes away half his worth ; and in fact , he loses every impulse to action , but that low and base one of fear . — In this kind of government , human na- ture is not only abused ...
... slavery . The day , says Homer , which makes man a slave , takes away half his worth ; and in fact , he loses every impulse to action , but that low and base one of fear . — In this kind of government , human na- ture is not only abused ...
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... slaves , when twenty , independent of them , govern , as when but one domineers . The tyranny is even more felt , as every individual of the nobles has the haughti- ness of a sultan ; the people are more miserable , as they seem on the ...
... slaves , when twenty , independent of them , govern , as when but one domineers . The tyranny is even more felt , as every individual of the nobles has the haughti- ness of a sultan ; the people are more miserable , as they seem on the ...
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