Sentences with phrase «characteristic difference between person»

Premack states that «the curious consequence of language training seems to be that it weakens the characteristic difference between person and animal.

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But if we are unwilling to be placed in this perilous situation; if we still will adhere to the design of a national government, or, which is the same thing, of a superintending power, under the direction of a common council, we must resolve to incorporate into our plan those ingredients which may be considered as forming the characteristic difference between a league and a government; we must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens, — the only proper objects of government.