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... feel oneself over - tutored , over - governed , sate upon ( as the popular phrase is ) by authority , is a defeat to it . Prince Bismarck says : " After all , a benevolent rational absolutism is the best form of government . " Plenty of ...
... feel oneself over - tutored , over - governed , sate upon ( as the popular phrase is ) by authority , is a defeat to it . Prince Bismarck says : " After all , a benevolent rational absolutism is the best form of government . " Plenty of ...
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... feel themselves , as it were , overwhelmed with the weight of their own inferiority . " He has been con- strained to remark , 2 that " there is such a thing as a manly and legitimate passion for equality , prompting men to desire to be ...
... feel themselves , as it were , overwhelmed with the weight of their own inferiority . " He has been con- strained to remark , 2 that " there is such a thing as a manly and legitimate passion for equality , prompting men to desire to be ...
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... feel that they can never consent to this without renounc- ing the inmost impulse of their being ; and that they should make such a renunciation cannot seriously be expected of them . Except on conditions which make its expansion , in ...
... feel that they can never consent to this without renounc- ing the inmost impulse of their being ; and that they should make such a renunciation cannot seriously be expected of them . Except on conditions which make its expansion , in ...
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... feeling of admiring deference to such a class was more deep- rooted in the people of this country , more cordial , and more persistent , than in any people of the Continent . But , besides this , the vigour and high spirit of the ...
... feeling of admiring deference to such a class was more deep- rooted in the people of this country , more cordial , and more persistent , than in any people of the Continent . But , besides this , the vigour and high spirit of the ...
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... feeling that there has been a change . I am not now think- ing of private and domestic virtues , of morality , of decorum . Perhaps with respect to these there has in this class , as in society at large , been a ... feel 1. ] 15 DEMOCRACY .
... feeling that there has been a change . I am not now think- ing of private and domestic virtues , of morality , of decorum . Perhaps with respect to these there has in this class , as in society at large , been a ... feel 1. ] 15 DEMOCRACY .
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Page 19 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 57 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Page 203 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 423 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 48 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 158 - A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light.
Page 421 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 315 - ... the power of conduct, the power of intellect and knowledge, the power of beauty, and the power of social life and manners...
Page 203 - Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods ; only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the gilt spur, or the laying of a sword upon his shoulder to stir him up both by his counsel and his arm, to secure and protect the weakness of any attempted chastity.
Page 423 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...