Curiosities of human nature : By the author of Peter Parley's tales /
"It would much conduce to the magnanimity and honor of man, if a collection were made of the extraordinaries of Human Nature, principally out of the reports of history--that is, what is the last and highest pitch to which man's nature, of itself, hath ever reached, in all the perfection of...
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Thomas, Cowperthwait,
1846.
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| Summary: | "It would much conduce to the magnanimity and honor of man, if a collection were made of the extraordinaries of Human Nature, principally out of the reports of history--that is, what is the last and highest pitch to which man's nature, of itself, hath ever reached, in all the perfection of the mind and body. If the wonders of Human Nature and virtues, as well I of mind as of body, were collected into a volume, they might serve as a calendar of human triumphs"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations |