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... liberty . The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion . Not only to find oneself tyrannised over and outraged is a defeat to this instinct , but in general , to feel oneself over - tutored , over - governed , sate ...
... liberty . The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion . Not only to find oneself tyrannised over and outraged is a defeat to this instinct , but in general , to feel oneself over - tutored , over - governed , sate ...
Page ix
... liberty . Undoubtedly , immense inequality of conditions and property is a defeat to the instinct of expansion ; it depresses and degrades the inferior masses . The common people is and must be , as Tocqueville said , more uncivilised ...
... liberty . Undoubtedly , immense inequality of conditions and property is a defeat to the instinct of expansion ; it depresses and degrades the inferior masses . The common people is and must be , as Tocqueville said , more uncivilised ...
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... liberty ; would not , because it has in itself a natural instinct of despotism , which , if not jealously checked , would become outrageous ; could not , because it is , in truth , not at all more enlightened , or fit to assume a lead ...
... liberty ; would not , because it has in itself a natural instinct of despotism , which , if not jealously checked , would become outrageous ; could not , because it is , in truth , not at all more enlightened , or fit to assume a lead ...
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... liberty . But what we have to ask is , when the life of democracy is admitted as something natural and inevitable , whether this or that product of democracy is a necessary growth from its parent stock , or merely an excrescence upon it ...
... liberty . But what we have to ask is , when the life of democracy is admitted as something natural and inevitable , whether this or that product of democracy is a necessary growth from its parent stock , or merely an excrescence upon it ...
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... liberty . In other countries the habits and dispositions of the people may be such that the State , if once it acts , may be easily suffered to usurp exorbitantly ; here they certainly are not . Here the people will always sufficiently ...
... liberty . In other countries the habits and dispositions of the people may be such that the State , if once it acts , may be easily suffered to usurp exorbitantly ; here they certainly are not . Here the people will always sufficiently ...
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Page 19 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
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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.
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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.
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