Evidence: | 'I am reading for the second [time] "The System of Nature", by Holbach and Diderot, if every one would read it, they would soon discover, by reasoning the most correct & conclusive that man has hitherto been taught nothing but the most pernicious [underlined] errors - the consequence of which is his present moral [underlined] degradation & deplorable wretchedness [underlined], alas! that the bandage cannot be torn from his eyes but by slow degrees - ~"bit-by-bit" reforms. It would seem that his prejudices [underlined] were his only sores [underlined] - & that he is willing to endure all that sensation can endure rather than have these sores touched' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jul 1831 and 31 Jul 1831 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Anna Doyle Wheeler |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1785 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Baron Paul Henrich Dietrich d'Holbach |
Title: | Le Systeme de la nature |
Genre: | Science |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12175 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Anna Doyle Wheeler | |
Title: | Letter to Robert Owen, July 31st 1831 | |
Location: | Manchester: National Co-operative Archive | |
Call no: | RO426 | |
Page/folio: | 1 & 2 |
Citation: | Anna Doyle Wheeler, Letter to Robert Owen, July 31st 1831 Manchester: National Co-operative Archive, p. RO426, p. 1 & 2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12175, accessed: 01 May 2024 |
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