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If science be right -- and by _mere evidence_ its contention is plausible -- then original sin is a figment and natural man is a glorious triumph over brutehood, not only requiring no saviour -- since he is under no curse of God -- but having every reason to believe that the divine favour has ever attended him in his upward trend.

The Seeker Harry Leon Wilson 1903

That day, in the woods, I would have exchanged my manhood for the brutehood of an ox.

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time, Including His Connection with the Anti-slavery Movement; His Labors in Great Britain as Well as in His Own Country; His Experience in the Conduct of an Influential Newspaper; His Connection with the Underground Railroad; His Relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid; His Recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; His Interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; His Appointment by Gen. Grant to Accompany the Santo Domingo Commission--Also to a Seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; His Appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; Also His Appointment to Be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J. A. Garfield; with Many Other Interesting and Important Events of His Most Eventful Life; With an Introduction by Mr. George L. Ruffin, of Boston 1892

Man, meant for manhood, self-reduced to brutehood, -- that is drunkenness.

A Hero and Some Other Folks 1892

For the brute from its brutehood looks up thus and eyes life --

The Heptalogia Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873

Page 400 it with brutehood; or, at best, deals with all similes of freedom as treason against the "peculiar institution."

The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It 1857

That day, in the woods, I would have exchanged my manhood for the brutehood of an ox.

My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass 1856

That day, in the woods, I would have exchanged my manhood for the brutehood of an ox.

My Bondage and My Freedom. By Frederick Douglass. With and Introduction. By James M`Cune Smith. 1855

That day, in the woods, I would have exchanged my manhood for the brutehood of an ox.

My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I.--Life as a Slave. Part II.--Life as a Freeman 1850