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how mean a use we make of all these, even though we have these powers enlightened by the great lamp of instruction, the Spirit of God, and by the knowledge of His Word, added to our understanding; and why it has pleased God to hide the like saving knowledge from so many millions of souls, who, if I might judge by this poor savage, would make a much better use of it than we did 去书内
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    thus is Robinson's reflection upon the powers, the reason, the affections, the sentiments of kindness and the obligation, the passions and resentments of wrongs, the sense of gratitude, sincerity, fidelity, and all the capacities of doing good and receiving good given equally by God to the so-called "savages" and the so-called civilized people. Some people, although more civilized than others, have no reason to consider themselves higher or advanced than the latter, for they have the same or even better qualities as the former.

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