The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what would become of the world , if the practice of all moral duties , and the ness . foundations of society , rested upon having their rea- sons 6 . PREFACE .
... matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what would become of the world , if the practice of all moral duties , and the ness . foundations of society , rested upon having their rea- sons 6 . PREFACE .
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... ness , should be likewise the only measures by which we should direct our reasoning . To these we should conform in good earnest ; and not think to force na- ture , and the whole order of her system , by a compli- ance with our pride ...
... ness , should be likewise the only measures by which we should direct our reasoning . To these we should conform in good earnest ; and not think to force na- ture , and the whole order of her system , by a compli- ance with our pride ...
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... ness is not with them . Having entered a protest against all objections from these quarters , I may the more freely inquire , from history and experience , how far policy has contributed in all times to allevi- ate those evils which ...
... ness is not with them . Having entered a protest against all objections from these quarters , I may the more freely inquire , from history and experience , how far policy has contributed in all times to allevi- ate those evils which ...
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... totally overthrown ; and he crushed to pieces the king of Armenia , his ally , by the great- ness of his ruin . All who had connections with him shared the same fate . The merciless genius of Sylla A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 1276.
... totally overthrown ; and he crushed to pieces the king of Armenia , his ally , by the great- ness of his ruin . All who had connections with him shared the same fate . The merciless genius of Sylla A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 1276.
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... ness , and to murder . And yet this was originally a great man , of uncommon capacity , and a strong pro- pensity to virtue . But unbounded power proceeds step by step , until it has eradicated every laudable principle . It has been ...
... ness , and to murder . And yet this was originally a great man , of uncommon capacity , and a strong pro- pensity to virtue . But unbounded power proceeds step by step , until it has eradicated every laudable principle . It has been ...
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