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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 this superstitious folly , enthusiastical nonsense , and holy tyranny , holds a reverend place in the estimation even of ...
... slavery ; and much is it to be feared that we shall perpetually relapse , whilst the real pro- ductive cause of all this superstitious folly , enthusiastical nonsense , and holy tyranny , holds a reverend place in the estimation even of ...
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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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... slavery ; they make themselves the most degenerate and unhappy of mankind , for no other purpose than that they may the more effectually contribute to the misery of a whole nation . In short , the regular and methodical proceedings of ...
... slavery ; they make themselves the most degenerate and unhappy of mankind , for no other purpose than that they may the more effectually contribute to the misery of a whole nation . In short , the regular and methodical proceedings of ...
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... slavery . Accident restored their liberty , and the same good fortune produced men of uncommon abilities and uncommon virtues amongst them . But these abilities were suffered to be of little service either to their possessors or to the ...
... slavery . Accident restored their liberty , and the same good fortune produced men of uncommon abilities and uncommon virtues amongst them . But these abilities were suffered to be of little service either to their possessors or to the ...
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