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These three ideas—or, let me say, shadows of ideas—do not make the creature a man, but they light him out of the bounds of brutedom.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “These three ideas—or, let me say, shadows of ideas—do not make the creature a man, but they light him out of the bounds…”
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Reid argues that certain minimal ideas can elevate individuals from brutish conditions, though they do not fully define humanity.
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