Rush, Benjamin. On the Influence of Physical Causes on the Moral Faculty 1786 Crerar Ms 28

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Rush, Benjamin. On the Influence of Physical Causes on the Moral Faculty 1786 Crerar Ms 28

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Handwritten copy of Rush's essay on morality, originally presented as a lecture to the American Philosophical Society, February 27, 1786.

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