{"id":2848,"date":"2026-01-03T22:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes-collins-suzanne\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:52:21","slug":"the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes-collins-suzanne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes-collins-suzanne\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Collins, Suzanne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cHereby it is manifest, that during the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called Warre; and such a warre, as is of every man, against every man<\/i>.<\/i>\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2014 Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan<\/i>, 1651<\/p>\n

\u201cThe state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possession<\/i>s<\/i>. . . .\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2014 John Locke, Second Treatise of Government<\/i>, 1689<\/p>\n

\u201cMan is born free; and everywhere he is in chains<\/i>.<\/i>\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract<\/i>, 1762<\/p>\n

\u201cSweet is the lore which Nature brings;<\/i><\/p>\n

Our meddling intellect<\/i><\/p>\n

Misshapes the beauteous forms of things;<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2014 We murder to dissect.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2014 William Wordsworth, \u201cThe Tables Turned,\u201d Lyrical Ballads<\/i>, 1798<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought of the promise of virtues which he had displayed on the opening of his existence, and the subsequent blight of all kindly feeling by the loathing and scorn which his protectors had manifested towards him<\/i>.<\/i>\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mary Shelley, Frankenstein<\/i>, 1818<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cHereby it is manifest, that during the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called Warre; and such a warre, as is of every man, against every man<\/i>.<\/i>\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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