It is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of it's own reason.
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A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.
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Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of voice, but out of chaos.
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What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.
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I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion.
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