Charles Brockden Brown: Man

Charles Brockden Brown was American novelist, historian and editor. Explore interesting quotes on man.
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“Bloodshed is the trade, and horror is the element of this man.”

Charles Brockden Brown

Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)

“Where is the proof, said I, that daemons may not be subjected to the control of men? This truth may be distorted and debased in the minds of the ignorant. The dogmas of the vulgar, with regard to this subject, are glaringly absurd; but though these may justly be neglected by the wise, we are scarcely justified in totally rejecting the possibility that man may obtain supernatural aid.”

Charles Brockden Brown

Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)

“Fallen from his lofty and heroic station; now finally restored to the perception of truth; weighed to earth by the recollection of his own deeds; consoled no longer by a consciousness of rectitude, for the loss of offspring and wife – a loss for which he was indebted to his own misguided hand; Wieland was transformed at once into the man of sorrow?”

Charles Brockden Brown

Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)

“Dost thou wish me to complete the catalogue by thy death? Thy life is a worthless thing. Tempt me no more. I am but a man, and thy presence may awaken a fury which may spurn my control. Begone!”

Charles Brockden Brown

Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)