The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... tion , I shall call natural society . Thus far nature went and succeeded : but man would go farther . The great errour of our nature is , not to know where to stop , not to be satisfied with any reason- able acquirement ; not to ...
... tion , I shall call natural society . Thus far nature went and succeeded : but man would go farther . The great errour of our nature is , not to know where to stop , not to be satisfied with any reason- able acquirement ; not to ...
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... tion . You will recollect his uninterrupted series of success . You will run over his battles . You will call to mind the carnage which was made . You will give a glance at the whole , and you will agree with me , that to form this hero ...
... tion . You will recollect his uninterrupted series of success . You will run over his battles . You will call to mind the carnage which was made . You will give a glance at the whole , and you will agree with me , that to form this hero ...
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... tion , effected by the murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by making a general calculation of the whole . I think I have actually mentioned above thirty - six millions . I have not ...
... tion , effected by the murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by making a general calculation of the whole . I think I have actually mentioned above thirty - six millions . I have not ...
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... tion , just enough , without a pedantical exactness , to give your Lordship some feeling of the effects of political society . I charge the whole of these effects on political society . I avow the charge , and I shall presently make it ...
... tion , just enough , without a pedantical exactness , to give your Lordship some feeling of the effects of political society . I charge the whole of these effects on political society . I avow the charge , and I shall presently make it ...
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... tion . But there is something so benign and heal- ing in the general voice of humanity , that , maugre all our regulations to prevent it , the simple name of man applied properly , never fails to work a salutary effect . This natural ...
... tion . But there is something so benign and heal- ing in the general voice of humanity , that , maugre all our regulations to prevent it , the simple name of man applied properly , never fails to work a salutary effect . This natural ...
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