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... causes which never existed , while the real causes remain con- cealed . Presumptuous writers , affecting knowledge they do not possess , undertake to instruct mankind by specious stories , founded on idle rumour and vague con- jecture ...
... causes which never existed , while the real causes remain con- cealed . Presumptuous writers , affecting knowledge they do not possess , undertake to instruct mankind by specious stories , founded on idle rumour and vague con- jecture ...
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... causes . Such com- pilations tend to inculcate erroneous notions ; and these , where the fate of millions is concerned , can never be in- different . If measures pregnant with misery are consi- dered as sources of prosperity , the best ...
... causes . Such com- pilations tend to inculcate erroneous notions ; and these , where the fate of millions is concerned , can never be in- different . If measures pregnant with misery are consi- dered as sources of prosperity , the best ...
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... cause . We see , in the beautiful story of Joseph , how envy , destroy- ing the peace of families , leads to cruelty and to crime . How a dignified condition is degraded by lust . How the wrath of despised wantonness stimulates a woman ...
... cause . We see , in the beautiful story of Joseph , how envy , destroy- ing the peace of families , leads to cruelty and to crime . How a dignified condition is degraded by lust . How the wrath of despised wantonness stimulates a woman ...
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... cause . The Danes , writh- ing under oppressions of their nobility , conferred abso- lute power on their king by general suffrage . We find in Sacred History another important politi- cal lesson : that the possession of sovereign power ...
... cause . The Danes , writh- ing under oppressions of their nobility , conferred abso- lute power on their king by general suffrage . We find in Sacred History another important politi- cal lesson : that the possession of sovereign power ...
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... cause it happens that institutions which have been fruitful of good , in one age or nation , may be as fruitful of evil in another nation , or another age . Every man , therefore , will find the history of his own country the most ...
... cause it happens that institutions which have been fruitful of good , in one age or nation , may be as fruitful of evil in another nation , or another age . Every man , therefore , will find the history of his own country the most ...
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