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Page xvii
... greatest oppor- tunities they have had for many years , and likewise the greatest duty . They have to guide the new voters in the exercise of the franchise ; to guide them quietly , and without saying what they are doing , but still to ...
... greatest oppor- tunities they have had for many years , and likewise the greatest duty . They have to guide the new voters in the exercise of the franchise ; to guide them quietly , and without saying what they are doing , but still to ...
Page xviii
... greatest harm they can do . The future of this country depends on the happy working of a delicate experiment , and they will have done all they could to vitiate that experiment . Just when it is desirable that ignorant men , new to ...
... greatest harm they can do . The future of this country depends on the happy working of a delicate experiment , and they will have done all they could to vitiate that experiment . Just when it is desirable that ignorant men , new to ...
Page xx
... greatest I conceive is that they will neglect the lesson . In plain English , what I fear is that both our political parties will bid for the support of the working - man ; that both of them will promise to do as he likes if he will ...
... greatest I conceive is that they will neglect the lesson . In plain English , what I fear is that both our political parties will bid for the support of the working - man ; that both of them will promise to do as he likes if he will ...
Page xxii
... greatest wisdom and the greatest foresight in the higher classes . They must avoid , not only every evil , but every appearance of evil ; while they have still the power they must remove , not only every actual grievance , but , where ...
... greatest wisdom and the greatest foresight in the higher classes . They must avoid , not only every evil , but every appearance of evil ; while they have still the power they must remove , not only every actual grievance , but , where ...
Page xl
... greatest international obligations without consulting either Parliament or the country . No other select com- mittee has any comparable power ; and considering how carefully we have fettered and limited the powers of all other ...
... greatest international obligations without consulting either Parliament or the country . No other select com- mittee has any comparable power ; and considering how carefully we have fettered and limited the powers of all other ...
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