The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 |
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Page 37
... reason against all three . When the world is in fitter temper than it is at present to hear truth , or when I shall be more indifferent about its temper , my thoughts may become more public . In the meantime , let them repose in my own ...
... reason against all three . When the world is in fitter temper than it is at present to hear truth , or when I shall be more indifferent about its temper , my thoughts may become more public . In the meantime , let them repose in my own ...
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... reason- ing and that which is in use amongst the abettors of artificial society . They form their plans upon what seems most eligible to their imaginations for the ordering of mankind . I discover the mistakes in those plans from the ...
... reason- ing and that which is in use amongst the abettors of artificial society . They form their plans upon what seems most eligible to their imaginations for the ordering of mankind . I discover the mistakes in those plans from the ...
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... reason , and productive of in- finitely more mischief to the human race . If pretended revelations have caused wars where they were opposed , and slavery where they were received , the pretended wise inventions of politicians have done ...
... reason , and productive of in- finitely more mischief to the human race . If pretended revelations have caused wars where they were opposed , and slavery where they were received , the pretended wise inventions of politicians have done ...
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A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of | 55 |
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