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It was to be decided, whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of two of my fellow-beings: one a smiling babe, full of innocence and joy; the other far more dreadfully murdered, with every aggravation of infamy that could make the murder memorable in horror.
Chapter 7 2010
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I had begun life with benevolent intentions, and thirsted for the moment when I should put them in practice, and make myself useful to my fellow-beings.
Chapter 9 2010
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These bleak skies I hail, for they are kinder to me than your fellow-beings.
Chapter 10 2010
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Coleridge wrote that ‘My many weaknesses are of some advantage to me; they unite me more with the great mass of my fellow-beings – but dear Wordsworth appears to me to have hurtfully segregated and isolated his being.’
Wordsworth & Coleridge II « Tales from the Reading Room 2010
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It was to be decided, whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of two of my fellow-beings: one a smiling babe, full of innocence and joy; the other far more dreadfully murdered, with every aggravation of infamy that could make the murder memorable in horror.
Chapter 8 2010
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Coleridge wrote that ‘My many weaknesses are of some advantage to me; they unite me more with the great mass of my fellow-beings – but dear Wordsworth appears to me to have hurtfully segregated and isolated his being.’
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Why did I walk through crowds of fellow-beings with my eyes turned down and never raise them to that blessed Star which led the Wise Men?
Jesse Kornbluth: Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol Jesse Kornbluth 2010
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Why did I walk through crowds of fellow-beings with my eyes turned down and never raise them to that blessed Star which led the Wise Men?
Jesse Kornbluth: Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol Jesse Kornbluth 2010
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And yet ... there are times when the willing suspension of disbelief seems appropriate and necessary, in order to remain true to my own commitment to do what I can do for my fellow-beings with whom I share this planet.
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It's not denigrating the tragedy of the Holocaust to refer to the mass suffering and destruction we cause to fellow-beings who feel fear and pain just as the victims of the Holocaust did.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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