Man is that link of the chain of universal existence, by wh… - Soame Jenyns

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Man is that link of the chain of universal existence, by which spiritual and corporeal Beings are united … How will man, that sanguinary tyrant, be able to excuse himself from the charge of those innumerable cruelties inflicted on his unoffending subjects committed to his care, formed for his benefit, and placed under his authority by their common Father?

Soame Jenyns

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Soame Jenyns (1 January 1704 – 18 December 1787) was an English writer and Member of Parliament.

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Great men whilst living must expect disgraces,
Dead they're ador'd—when none desire their places.

We are unable to give life, and therefore ought not wantonly to take it away from the meanest insect, without sufficient reason; they all receive it from the same benevolent hand as ourselves, and have therefore an equal right to enjoy it.

The chief business of a government is like that of a nurse, to hinder those who are under its care from doing mischief to themselves.

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