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" A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present. "
Cicero's Three Books Of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an ... - Page 254
by Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 342 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 2

1729 - 342 pages
...would be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human Soul thus at a ftand in her Accompliftiments, were her Faculties to be full blown, and incapable...further Enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away infenfibly, and drop at once into a State of Annihilation. But can we believe a thinking Being...
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The Principles of Natural Law: In which the True Systems of Morality and ...

Jean Jacques Burlamaqui - 1752 - 368 pages
...foint of perfection that he can never pafs : In a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of ; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human foul thus at aftand in her acccomplifhments, were her faculties...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 pages
...point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be...were her faculties to be full blown, and incapable of farther enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7

British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be...were her faculties to be full blown, and incapable of farther enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly,and drop at once into a state of...
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The Spectator ...

1803 - 472 pages
...point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be...were her faculties to be full blown, and incapable of farther enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...point of perfection that he can never pass ; in a lew years he has all the endowments he is capable of, and were he to live ten thousand more , would...further enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly , and drop at once into a state of annihilation. But can we believe a thinking being...
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The Columbian Miscellany: Containing a Variety of Important, Instructive ...

Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 416 pages
...point of perfection that he can never pass:' in 'A few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, 'would...were her faculties to be full blown, and incapable of farther enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state...
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The Columbian Miscellany: Containing a Variety of Important, Instructive ...

Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 462 pages
...few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were .he to live ten thousand more, \vould be the same thing he is at present. Were a human soul...were her faculties to be full blown, and incapable of farther enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state...
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1804 - 676 pages
...point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of ; and, were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thiug he is at present. Were a human soul thus at a stand in her accomplishments ; were her faculties...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...point of perfection that he can never pass ; in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be...were her faculties to be full blown, and incapable of farther enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state...
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