It didn't help that Raven had no real idea what she was reading, so she wasn't putting the right emphasis and tone into it. "'Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.'"
Her lack of enthusiasm for the topic wasn't stopping the three young teal deer from stepping out to listen, though. They were fully grown, but not yet old enough to know a really quality speaker from one simply doing a recitation.
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Date: 2015-06-25 03:57 pm (UTC)Her lack of enthusiasm for the topic wasn't stopping the three young teal deer from stepping out to listen, though. They were fully grown, but not yet old enough to know a really quality speaker from one simply doing a recitation.