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Page 72
... present life ; he mingled in close and intimate relation the present and the future . Hell , Purgatory , Heaven , were but an immediate expansion and extension of the present world . And this is among the wonderful causes of Dante's ...
... present life ; he mingled in close and intimate relation the present and the future . Hell , Purgatory , Heaven , were but an immediate expansion and extension of the present world . And this is among the wonderful causes of Dante's ...
Page 120
... present amount of debt , and in establishing our present system of imposts . In a word , true wisdom lies in the policy that would effect its ends by the influence of opinion , and yet by the means of existing forms . Nevertheless if we ...
... present amount of debt , and in establishing our present system of imposts . In a word , true wisdom lies in the policy that would effect its ends by the influence of opinion , and yet by the means of existing forms . Nevertheless if we ...
Page 132
... present the singular spectacle of daring and deliberation , each carried to its highest point , and both united in the same persons ; although usually decision is the fruit of ignorance , hesitation of reflection . But the palm of ...
... present the singular spectacle of daring and deliberation , each carried to its highest point , and both united in the same persons ; although usually decision is the fruit of ignorance , hesitation of reflection . But the palm of ...
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