The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... sensible of our blindness . And this we must do , or we do nothing , whenever we examine the result of a reason which is not our own . Even in matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what would become of the world , if ...
... sensible of our blindness . And this we must do , or we do nothing , whenever we examine the result of a reason which is not our own . Even in matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what would become of the world , if ...
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... sensible have their foundations on a rock . No discovery of truth can prejudice them . On the contrary , the more closely the origin of religion and go- vernment are examined , the more clearly their excellencies must appear . They come ...
... sensible have their foundations on a rock . No discovery of truth can prejudice them . On the contrary , the more closely the origin of religion and go- vernment are examined , the more clearly their excellencies must appear . They come ...
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... sensible and generous men , who carry it yet further , and avow that death itself is preferable ; and yet this species of government , so justly condemned , and so generally detested , is what infinitely the greater part of mankind ...
... sensible and generous men , who carry it yet further , and avow that death itself is preferable ; and yet this species of government , so justly condemned , and so generally detested , is what infinitely the greater part of mankind ...
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... sonable desire , but that this worthy has already engaged his injustice to another . These and many more points I am far from spreading to their full extent . extent . You are sensible that I do not put NATURAL SOCIETY . 59.
... sonable desire , but that this worthy has already engaged his injustice to another . These and many more points I am far from spreading to their full extent . extent . You are sensible that I do not put NATURAL SOCIETY . 59.
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Edmund Burke. extent . You are sensible that I do not put forth half my strength ; and you cannot be at a loss for the reason . A man is allowed sufficient freedom of thought , provided he knows how to chuse his subject properly . You ...
Edmund Burke. extent . You are sensible that I do not put forth half my strength ; and you cannot be at a loss for the reason . A man is allowed sufficient freedom of thought , provided he knows how to chuse his subject properly . You ...
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