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Page 31
... given long before Aristotle's Ethics , very long before Machia- vel's Discourses on the first Decade of Livy , and still longer before Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws . When the last of these authors , in sprightly repetition of his prede ...
... given long before Aristotle's Ethics , very long before Machia- vel's Discourses on the first Decade of Livy , and still longer before Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws . When the last of these authors , in sprightly repetition of his prede ...
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... given to all " the ideal forms that imagination can body forth , " a " local habitation and a name . " Nothing then remains , for the present age , but to repeat their just thoughts in their pure style . Those who , on either side of ...
... given to all " the ideal forms that imagination can body forth , " a " local habitation and a name . " Nothing then remains , for the present age , but to repeat their just thoughts in their pure style . Those who , on either side of ...
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... given birth to men of rarer genius , and of more splendid achievement . Yet how often has that genius been the base flatterer or the willing instru- ment of oppression ; how often has it been low and self- ish in its ambition ; how ...
... given birth to men of rarer genius , and of more splendid achievement . Yet how often has that genius been the base flatterer or the willing instru- ment of oppression ; how often has it been low and self- ish in its ambition ; how ...
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... given by Dupin , seem , in general , to justify Gre- goire's eulogy , though it shows a greater mixture of the prejudices of the times , with his purer views of truth , than Mr. Gregoire seems willing to admit . plans had been carried ...
... given by Dupin , seem , in general , to justify Gre- goire's eulogy , though it shows a greater mixture of the prejudices of the times , with his purer views of truth , than Mr. Gregoire seems willing to admit . plans had been carried ...
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... given a very wide circulation . Far from us be that base selfishness which joys to see any surpassing excel- lence brought down to its own low level . Let us ra- ther delight to linger at the good man's grave , and to pluck away with ...
... given a very wide circulation . Far from us be that base selfishness which joys to see any surpassing excel- lence brought down to its own low level . Let us ra- ther delight to linger at the good man's grave , and to pluck away with ...
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