I shall be better satisfied if the same can be said of me as was said of the prophet of old, "That I walked in the fear of the Lord, and begat sons and daughters" [Genesis 5:22], than if it were inscribed on my tombstone that I governed the councils or commanded the arms of the whole continent of America.
In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all men be restrained from acts of… - Benjamin Rush
In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all men be restrained from acts of…
- Benjamin Rush
Were I disposed to consider the comparative merit of each of them [facts or theories in medical practice], I should derive most of the evils of medic… - Benjamin Rush
Were I disposed to consider the comparative merit of each of them [facts or theories in medical practice], I should derive most of the evils of medic…
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and... in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and… - Benjamin Rush
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and... in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and…
Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep. - Benjamin Rush
Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts. - Benjamin Rush
A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness. - Benjamin Rush
Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.
I grant this mode of secluding boys from the intercourse of private families has a tendency to make them scholars, but our business is to make them m… - Benjamin Rush
I grant this mode of secluding boys from the intercourse of private families has a tendency to make them scholars, but our business is to make them m…
'Tis done. We have become a nation. - Benjamin Rush
'Tis done. We have become a nation.
Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments, that I had rather se… - Benjamin Rush
Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments, that I had rather se…
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