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The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were…

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... on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly…
I was obliged, at last, to come to the conclusion that the contemplation of nature alone is not sufficient to fill the…
Their elegant shape, showy colors, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great…
Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no…
It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical…
The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger.
I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of…
The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one…
The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill…
The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except…
They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard…
Their elegant shape, showy colours, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great…

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If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would ... [be] the definition of a peaceable revolution,… — Henry David Thoreau
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I have a most peaceable disposition. My desires are for a modest hut, a thatched roof, but a good bed, good food,… — Heinrich Heine
And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights… — Samuel Adams
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When we have entered into divine covenants, the Holy Ghost is our comforter, our guide, and our companion. The fruits of the… — D. Todd Christofferson
Should things go wrong at any time, the people will set them to rights by the peaceable exercise of their elective rights. — Thomas Jefferson
We do need a 'new economy,' but one that is founded on thrift and care, on saving and conserving, not on excess… — Wendell Berry
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We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In… — Will Durant
The revolution is the war of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty against its enemies. The constitution… — Maximilien Robespierre

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