The Works of Lord Morley, Volume 5Macmillan and Company, limited, 1921 |
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... whole . With the statesman in revolutionary times it is different . Through decisive moments that seemed only trivial , and by critical turns that he took to be indifferent , he explores dark and untried paths , groping his way through ...
... whole . With the statesman in revolutionary times it is different . Through decisive moments that seemed only trivial , and by critical turns that he took to be indifferent , he explores dark and untried paths , groping his way through ...
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... whole , not in isolated fragments ; true knowledge is not literal nor speculative , but such as builds up coherent character and grows a part of it , in conscious harmony with the Supreme Unseen Powers . All this is not full nor ...
... whole , not in isolated fragments ; true knowledge is not literal nor speculative , but such as builds up coherent character and grows a part of it , in conscious harmony with the Supreme Unseen Powers . All this is not full nor ...
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... whole Huntingdon property for eighteen hundred pounds , equivalent to between five and six thousand to - day . With this capital in hand he rented and stocked grazing - lands at the east end of St. Ives some five miles down the river ...
... whole Huntingdon property for eighteen hundred pounds , equivalent to between five and six thousand to - day . With this capital in hand he rented and stocked grazing - lands at the east end of St. Ives some five miles down the river ...
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... religious excitement which for a whole century and almost without a break had torn the Christian world , and distracted Europe with bloodshed and clamour that shook thrones , principalities , powers , and stirred the souls of men.
... religious excitement which for a whole century and almost without a break had torn the Christian world , and distracted Europe with bloodshed and clamour that shook thrones , principalities , powers , and stirred the souls of men.
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... whole , so they receive from it again strength and protection in their several stations and degrees . If , instead of concord and interchange of support , one part seeks to uphold an old form of government , and the other part introduce ...
... whole , so they receive from it again strength and protection in their several stations and degrees . If , instead of concord and interchange of support , one part seeks to uphold an old form of government , and the other part introduce ...
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Page 16 - Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Page 427 - Park ; and before I came to him, as he rode at the head of his life-guard, I saw and felt a waft of death go forth against him : and when I came to him he looked like a dead man.
Page 145 - Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies.
Page 433 - Your pretended fear lest Error should step in, is like the man who would keep all the wine out of the country lest men should be drunk. It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy, to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon a supposition he may abuse it. When he doth abuse it, judge.
Page 208 - I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he; and therefore truly, sir, I think it's clear, that every man that is to live under a government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that government...
Page 368 - The mind is the man. If that be kept pure, a man signifies somewhat ; if not, I would very fain see what difference there is betwixt him and a beast. He hath only some activity to do some more mischief.
Page 24 - Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 392 - I can say in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this.
Page 279 - If your forces had been in a readiness to have fallen upon the back of Copperspath, it might have occasioned supplies to have come to us. But the only wise God knows what is best. All shall work for Good. Our spirits * are comfortable, praised be the Lord, — though our present condition be as it is.
Page 7 - I was by birth a Gentleman ; living neither in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity. I have been called to several employments in the Nation : To serve in...