 | Edmund Burke - 1768 - 642 trang
...proceed ; or that he finds a nation for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, Ъе only follows the difpofition, and employs the powers...are but a continuation of certain devices which were prac-. tifed in the earlieft ages oí" the world, and in, the rud.eit ftate of mankind. What the favage... | |
 | Richard Joseph Sulivan (Sie) - 1794 - 542 trang
...say, he has quitted the sfate of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that he finds a station for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the disposition, and employs the powers that Providence has given him ? * The general perception of sense... | |
 | 1800 - 594 trang
...provifion that is made fallible of improvement, and has in animal enjoyment ; and if our fohimfelf a principle of progreffion, and a defire of perfection,...animals, he only follows the difpofition, and employs the pow. ers that nature has given. The hteft efforts of human inHcitude on this fubjeft were removed,... | |
 | 1800 - 596 trang
...quitted the ftate of Tus nature, when Jie hat begun to proceed; or that, he finds a Ration for wfiich; he was" not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the difpofitión, and employs the power« that pâture has given. The lafeft efforts of human invention... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1852 - 500 trang
...that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he nas begun to proceed ; or that he finds a station for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the disposition, and employs the powers, that nature has given. The latest efforts of human mvention are... | |
 | William Fleming - 1860 - 912 trang
...that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that he finds a station for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the disposition and employs the powers that nature has given. The latest efforts of human invention are... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - 1878 - 1082 trang
...that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that he finds a station for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the disposition and employs the powers that nature has given. The latest efforts of human invention are... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - 1881 - 1080 trang
...that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has bef un to proceed; or that he finds a station for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the disposition and employs the powers that nature has given. The latest efforts of human invention are... | |
 | Andrew Ashfield, Peter de Bolla - 1996 - 332 trang
...that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has begun to proceed; or that he finds a station for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the disposition, and employs the powers that nature has given. The latest efforts of human invention are... | |
 | David Bidney - 596 trang
...that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has begun to proceed; or that he finds a station for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the disposition, and employs the powers that nature has given.55 Once it became apparent that culture was... | |
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If we admit that man is susceptible of improvement, and has in himself a principle of progression, and a desire of perfection, it appears improper to say, that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that he finds a station... 
