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“LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents. The skill and diligence with which the old man and lads support the serpents and keep them up to their work have been justly regarded as one of the noblest artistic illustrations of the mastery of human intelligence over brute inertia.”

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition

“Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.”

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Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.”

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Book:Logic, or the right use of reason in the inquiry after truth

Source: Logic, or the right use of reason in the inquiry after truth