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... reason be the umpire in all disputes , and extinguish civil wars as well as foreign ones . The empire of reason will ever be the reign of peace . THE MODERN STATE SIR JOHN ROBERT SEELEY , A Short History of Napoleon the First . 1886 ...
... reason be the umpire in all disputes , and extinguish civil wars as well as foreign ones . The empire of reason will ever be the reign of peace . THE MODERN STATE SIR JOHN ROBERT SEELEY , A Short History of Napoleon the First . 1886 ...
Page 129
... reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches ; with silver , iron , tin , and lead , they traded for thy wares . Javan , Tubal , and Meshech , they were thy traffickers : they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy ...
... reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches ; with silver , iron , tin , and lead , they traded for thy wares . Javan , Tubal , and Meshech , they were thy traffickers : they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy ...
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... reason , Glaucon , why musical training is so powerful , because rhythm and harmony find their way into the secret ... reason of the thing ; and when reason comes he will recognize and salute her as a friend with whom his education has ...
... reason , Glaucon , why musical training is so powerful , because rhythm and harmony find their way into the secret ... reason of the thing ; and when reason comes he will recognize and salute her as a friend with whom his education has ...
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