Next to the word 'Nature,' 'the Great Chain of Being' was the sacred phrase of the eighteenth century, … - Arthur Oncken Lovejoy - Quotesmemo.com

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I've performed in Auburn Hills, at The Palace, so I haven't really been in downtown Detroit, but I've been able to be here, and I can really see, what the city was. Like, I can feel why Motown started here and how amazing it was.

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Arthur Oncken Lovejoy

Next to the word 'Nature,' 'the Great Chain of Being' was the sacred phrase of the eighteenth century, playing a part somewhat analogous to that of the blessed word 'evolution' in the late nineteenth.

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