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Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites . ... Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere , and the less of ...
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites . ... Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere , and the less of ...
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In contrast , England was the land of liberty : Thee I account still happy , and the chief Among the nations , seeing thou art free : My native nook of earth ! Liberty was the essential condition of the good life : ' Tis liberty alone ...
In contrast , England was the land of liberty : Thee I account still happy , and the chief Among the nations , seeing thou art free : My native nook of earth ! Liberty was the essential condition of the good life : ' Tis liberty alone ...
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13 : Shelley and the Spirit of Liberty THERE HERE are a number of themes which may be said to run through Shelley's poetry , and one of the most important is that of the necessity of liberty to the human spirit .
13 : Shelley and the Spirit of Liberty THERE HERE are a number of themes which may be said to run through Shelley's poetry , and one of the most important is that of the necessity of liberty to the human spirit .
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Acknowledgements | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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