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... ideas of 1789 were working everywhere in the eighteenth century ; but it was because in France the State adopted them that the French Revolution became an historic epoch for the world , and France the lode - star of Continental ...
... ideas of 1789 were working everywhere in the eighteenth century ; but it was because in France the State adopted them that the French Revolution became an historic epoch for the world , and France the lode - star of Continental ...
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... ideas ; the secret of their want of success in modern epochs . The people treats them with flagrant injustice , when it denies all obligation to them . They can , and often do , impart a high spirit , a fine ideal of grandeur , to the ...
... ideas ; the secret of their want of success in modern epochs . The people treats them with flagrant injustice , when it denies all obligation to them . They can , and often do , impart a high spirit , a fine ideal of grandeur , to the ...
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... ideas and ardour for them , -aristocracy is less advanced than democracy , to replace or keep the latter under the tutelage of the former would in some respects be actually unfavourable to the pro- gress of the world . At epochs when ...
... ideas and ardour for them , -aristocracy is less advanced than democracy , to replace or keep the latter under the tutelage of the former would in some respects be actually unfavourable to the pro- gress of the world . At epochs when ...
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... ideas , promising to each individual of the multitude increased self- respect , and expansion with the increased importance and authority of the multitude to which he belongs , with the diminished preponderance of the aristocratic class ...
... ideas , promising to each individual of the multitude increased self- respect , and expansion with the increased importance and authority of the multitude to which he belongs , with the diminished preponderance of the aristocratic class ...
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... , with no adequate ideal to elevate or guide the multitude . It would really be wasting time to contend at length , that to give more prominence to the idea of the State is now possible in this country , without 20 [ 1 . MIXED ESSAYS .
... , with no adequate ideal to elevate or guide the multitude . It would really be wasting time to contend at length , that to give more prominence to the idea of the State is now possible in this country , without 20 [ 1 . MIXED ESSAYS .
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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...