Excerpt from Principles of Nature, or a Development of the Moral Causes of Happiness and Misery Among the Human Species Lime reflections, it has hitherto been deemed a crime t think, and a still greater crime to speak our thought after they have been conceived. The despotism of th universe had waged war against the power of the hu man understanding, and for many ages successfull combated its efforts; but the natural energy of thi immortal property of human existence was incapabl of being controlled by such extraneous ...
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Excerpt from Principles of Nature, or a Development of the Moral Causes of Happiness and Misery Among the Human Species Lime reflections, it has hitherto been deemed a crime t think, and a still greater crime to speak our thought after they have been conceived. The despotism of th universe had waged war against the power of the hu man understanding, and for many ages successfull combated its efforts; but the natural energy of thi immortal property of human existence was incapabl of being controlled by such extraneous and degradin' restraints. It burst the walls of its prison, explore: the earth, discovered the properties of its componen parts, analyzed their natures, and gave to them spe cific classification and arrangement. Not content wit] terrestrial researches, intellect abandoned the earth and travelled in quest of science through the celestia regions. The heaven's were explored, the stars Wen counted, and the revolutions of the planets subjecta. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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