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... Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 118 v . Proportion further considered 122 VI . Fitness not the cause of Beauty 125 VII . The real Effects of Fitness 127 SECT . VIII . The Recapitulation . IX . Perfection vi CONTENTS .
... Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 118 v . Proportion further considered 122 VI . Fitness not the cause of Beauty 125 VII . The real Effects of Fitness 127 SECT . VIII . The Recapitulation . IX . Perfection vi CONTENTS .
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... human race , when he gives one man the power over many , and arms his naturally impotent and feeble rage with the hands of millions , who know no common principle of action , but a blind obedience to the passions of their ruler . The ...
... human race , when he gives one man the power over many , and arms his naturally impotent and feeble rage with the hands of millions , who know no common principle of action , but a blind obedience to the passions of their ruler . The ...
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... human blood scarcely credible . The neighbour- ing little states teemed for new destruction : the Sabines , the Samnites , the Æqui , the Volsci , the Hetrurians , were broken by a series of slaughters which had no interruption , for ...
... human blood scarcely credible . The neighbour- ing little states teemed for new destruction : the Sabines , the Samnites , the Æqui , the Volsci , the Hetrurians , were broken by a series of slaughters which had no interruption , for ...
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... human species caused in both , really astonishes beyond expression , when it is nakedly considered , and those matters which are apt to divert our attention from it , the characters , actions , and designs of the persons concerned , are ...
... human species caused in both , really astonishes beyond expression , when it is nakedly considered , and those matters which are apt to divert our attention from it , the characters , actions , and designs of the persons concerned , are ...
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... human art , that not even the memory might seem to survive of the former inhabitants . What has been done since , and what will continue to be done while the same inducements to war continue , I shall not dwell upon . I shall only in ...
... human art , that not even the memory might seem to survive of the former inhabitants . What has been done since , and what will continue to be done while the same inducements to war continue , I shall not dwell upon . I shall only in ...
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