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... affairs , whether for the pur- pose of knowledge or action . They are an example without fault of all the qualities which the critic , whether a theorist or an actor , of great political situations should strive by night and by day to ...
... affairs , whether for the pur- pose of knowledge or action . They are an example without fault of all the qualities which the critic , whether a theorist or an actor , of great political situations should strive by night and by day to ...
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... affairs.1 Never have the servants of the state looked at the whole of your complicated interests in one connected view . They have taken things by bits and scraps , some at one time and one pretence , and some at another , just as they ...
... affairs.1 Never have the servants of the state looked at the whole of your complicated interests in one connected view . They have taken things by bits and scraps , some at one time and one pretence , and some at another , just as they ...
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... affairs of the East India Company ; and you well know what sort of things are in- volved in the comprehensive energy of that significant appel- lation . I am not called upon to enlarge to you on that 10 danger , which you thought proper ...
... affairs of the East India Company ; and you well know what sort of things are in- volved in the comprehensive energy of that significant appel- lation . I am not called upon to enlarge to you on that 10 danger , which you thought proper ...
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... affairs . He generally considered his objects in lights that were rather too detached . Whether the busi- ness of an American revenue was imposed upon him altogether ; whether it was entirely the result of his own speculation ; or ...
... affairs . He generally considered his objects in lights that were rather too detached . Whether the busi- ness of an American revenue was imposed upon him altogether ; whether it was entirely the result of his own speculation ; or ...
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... affairs ; it enlarged their ideas ; it removed prejudices ; and it conciliated the opinions and affections of men . noble lord , who then took the lead in administration , my honourable friend ' under me , and a right honourable gentle ...
... affairs ; it enlarged their ideas ; it removed prejudices ; and it conciliated the opinions and affections of men . noble lord , who then took the lead in administration , my honourable friend ' under me , and a right honourable gentle ...
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