The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Political miscellaniesGeorge Bell and Sons, 1891 - Great Britain |
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... politicians , but bad men ; but he thought that in this case , as in many others , ignorance had been the cause of admiration . These are strong assertions . They required strong proofs . The member who laid down these positions was and ...
... politicians , but bad men ; but he thought that in this case , as in many others , ignorance had been the cause of admiration . These are strong assertions . They required strong proofs . The member who laid down these positions was and ...
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... political subject . Pure metaphysical abstraction does not belong to these matters . The lines of morality are not like ideal lines of mathematics . They are broad and deep as well as long . They admit of exceptions ; they demand ...
... political subject . Pure metaphysical abstraction does not belong to these matters . The lines of morality are not like ideal lines of mathematics . They are broad and deep as well as long . They admit of exceptions ; they demand ...
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... political institution is praised , in spite of great and prominent faults of every kind , and in all its parts , it must be supposed to have something excellent in its fundamental principles . It must be shown that it is right , though ...
... political institution is praised , in spite of great and prominent faults of every kind , and in all its parts , it must be supposed to have something excellent in its fundamental principles . It must be shown that it is right , though ...
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... politics of this country ; and of his resolution to break with his best friends , and to join with his worst enemies , to prevent it . He hoped that no such necessity would ever exist . But in case it should , his determination was made ...
... politics of this country ; and of his resolution to break with his best friends , and to join with his worst enemies , to prevent it . He hoped that no such necessity would ever exist . But in case it should , his determination was made ...
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