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... greater if he acts upon the offensive , by the impetuosity that always accompanies an attack , and the unfortunate propensity which mankind have to the finding and exaggerating faults . The editor is satisfied that a mind , which has no ...
... greater if he acts upon the offensive , by the impetuosity that always accompanies an attack , and the unfortunate propensity which mankind have to the finding and exaggerating faults . The editor is satisfied that a mind , which has no ...
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... greater ; and we behold a war continued with much fury , and with various success . This ends in the retreat of the queen , with scarce a third of the troops em- ployed in the expedition ; an expedition which , at this rate , must have ...
... greater ; and we behold a war continued with much fury , and with various success . This ends in the retreat of the queen , with scarce a third of the troops em- ployed in the expedition ; an expedition which , at this rate , must have ...
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... greater proportion of rage and fury in their composi- tion than we have . But with respect to you , ye legislators , ye civilizers of mankind ! ye Orpheuses , Moseses , Minoses , Solons , Theseuses , Lycurguses , Numas ! with respect to ...
... greater proportion of rage and fury in their composi- tion than we have . But with respect to you , ye legislators , ye civilizers of mankind ! ye Orpheuses , Moseses , Minoses , Solons , Theseuses , Lycurguses , Numas ! with respect to ...
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... greater than if they were animated by revenge for their own proper wrongs . It is no less worth observing , that this artificial division of mankind into separate societies , is a perpetual source in itself of hatred and dissension ...
... greater than if they were animated by revenge for their own proper wrongs . It is no less worth observing , that this artificial division of mankind into separate societies , is a perpetual source in itself of hatred and dissension ...
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... greater and greater strides to that gulf of despotism , which at last swallows up every spe- cies of government . The manner of ruling being directed merely by the will of the weakest , and generally the worst , man in the society ...
... greater and greater strides to that gulf of despotism , which at last swallows up every spe- cies of government . The manner of ruling being directed merely by the will of the weakest , and generally the worst , man in the society ...
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