Date: w. c. 1800, 1805
"These sudden eruptions of the passions of the multitude, spread, like the lava of a volcano, throughout all France, nor could men of correct judgment, who aimed only at reform of abuses, and a renovation in all the departments, check the fury of the torrent."
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Date: 1811
"But the temple of human nature has two great apartments: the intellectual and the moral."
preview | full record— Adams, John (1735-1826)
Date: 1811
"If there is not a mutual friendship and strict alliance between these [two apartments], degradation to the whole building must be the consequence."
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Date: 1829
"Death is only the removal of an immortal soul from dead matter, which many have considered merely as a clog to the soul."
preview | full record— Balfour, Walter (1776-1852)
Date: 1829
"And if the man is as complete without the body, as he is without the house he resides in, the immortal soul ought to be thankful when it gets quit of the body."
preview | full record— Balfour, Walter (1776-1852)