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Page xxix
... nation be strong and be universal , if it be really believed by members of Parliament , as well as by those who send them to Parliament , in my judgment the Lords should yield at once , and should not resist it . My main reason is one ...
... nation be strong and be universal , if it be really believed by members of Parliament , as well as by those who send them to Parliament , in my judgment the Lords should yield at once , and should not resist it . My main reason is one ...
Page xxxiv
... nation , they should not offend the plutocracy ; the points upon which they have to yield are mostly very minor ones , and they should yield many great points rather than risk the bottom of their power . They should give large donations ...
... nation , they should not offend the plutocracy ; the points upon which they have to yield are mostly very minor ones , and they should yield many great points rather than risk the bottom of their power . They should give large donations ...
Page xxxviii
... nation by a bad war or peace , and could , by disbanding our forces , whether land or sea , leave us defenceless against foreign nations . Why do we not fear that she would do this , or any approach to it ? Because there are two checks ...
... nation by a bad war or peace , and could , by disbanding our forces , whether land or sea , leave us defenceless against foreign nations . Why do we not fear that she would do this , or any approach to it ? Because there are two checks ...
Page xliii
... nation being ( as are ́all nations capable of Parliamentary institutions ) con- stantly attentive to public affairs , would inflict on them the maximum Parliamentary penalty at the next election and at many future elections . It would ...
... nation being ( as are ́all nations capable of Parliamentary institutions ) con- stantly attentive to public affairs , would inflict on them the maximum Parliamentary penalty at the next election and at many future elections . It would ...
Page xlvii
... nations . And they would seriously hurt themselves if they did . But still these are the real tendencies of our present practice , and these are only prevented by qualities in the nation and qualities in our statesmen , which will just ...
... nations . And they would seriously hurt themselves if they did . But still these are the real tendencies of our present practice , and these are only prevented by qualities in the nation and qualities in our statesmen , which will just ...
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