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" ... who think that nothing exists but what is gross and material, and who, therefore, far from being qualified to be directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught,... "
The Treasury of British Eloquence: Specimens of Brilliant Orations by the ... - Page 221
edited by - 1877 - 544 pages
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Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament ..., Volume 2

William Belsham - Great Britain - 1795 - 496 pages
...contribute in momi. deration — nor ought she to be permitted to exhaust herself. Magnanimity in polities is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great empire...conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to till our place as becomes our station ; we ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust...
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Maxims and Opinions: Moral, Political, and Economical, with Characters from ...

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...of all other virtues. But it is sometimes the worst enemy they have. DIGNITY AND ENERGY IN POLITICS. MAGNANIMITY in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom...great empire and little minds go ill together. If we make ourselves too little for the sphere of our duty ; if, on the contrary, \ve do not stretch and...
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...of all other virtues. But it is sometimes the worst enemy they have. DIGNITY AND ENERGY IN POLITICS. MAGNANIMITY in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom...great empire and little minds go ill together. If we make ourselves too little for the sphere of our duty ; if, on the contrary, we do not stretch and expand...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which, in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. Magnanimity in politicks is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...In the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which, in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. Magnanimity in politicks is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which, in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. Magnanimity in politicks is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great...
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The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to ..., Volume 18

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which, in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not sel[5SS dorn the truest wisdom ; and a...
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Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Volume 1

Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 240 pages
...of all other virtues. But it is sometimes the worst enemy they have. DIGNITY AND ENERGY IN POLITICS. MAGNANIMITY in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom...empire and little minds go ill together. * * * * If we make ourselves too little for the sphere of our duty ; if, on the contrary, we do not stretch and expand...
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The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American ...

Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...in the machine. But to men truly initiated, and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics, is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great...
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The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time, Volume 30

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1815 - 620 pages
...in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned have no substantial existence, are in troth every thing, and all in all."* * Mr. Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America. New Par). History,...
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