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... persons , four die in three years . In April , 1814 , a statement will be given that sixty persons , all having lived more than three years on vegetables and pure water , are then in perfect health.32 More than two years have now ...
... persons , four die in three years . In April , 1814 , a statement will be given that sixty persons , all having lived more than three years on vegetables and pure water , are then in perfect health.32 More than two years have now ...
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... person who exhibits those singular [ powers ] with a [ divine ] special mission to [ reform to ] de- clare his will to Mankind ? That he is a divine person , and that the doctrines he promulgates are necessarily true and useful ? [ That ] ...
... person who exhibits those singular [ powers ] with a [ divine ] special mission to [ reform to ] de- clare his will to Mankind ? That he is a divine person , and that the doctrines he promulgates are necessarily true and useful ? [ That ] ...
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... person to know all that can be known by the dead concerning that which the living fear , hope , or forget ; to plunge him into the pleasure or pain which there awaits him ; to punish or reward him in a manner and in a degree ...
... person to know all that can be known by the dead concerning that which the living fear , hope , or forget ; to plunge him into the pleasure or pain which there awaits him ; to punish or reward him in a manner and in a degree ...
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ESSAYS | 28 |
PROPOSALS FOR AN ASSOCIATION | 169 |
A VINDICATION | 181 |
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