Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page vi
... equally furnished with himself ; that every man is not in a like habit and train of thinking ; and that it is incident even to the greatest minds to lose sight of the end in attending to the means , especially when these happen to be ...
... equally furnished with himself ; that every man is not in a like habit and train of thinking ; and that it is incident even to the greatest minds to lose sight of the end in attending to the means , especially when these happen to be ...
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... equally addicted to pleasure ; some lean more to ambition ; and we may now and then encounter , what seems most out of nature , a young griping miser . So in middle life , though this is eminently the season of ambition , it is not ...
... equally addicted to pleasure ; some lean more to ambition ; and we may now and then encounter , what seems most out of nature , a young griping miser . So in middle life , though this is eminently the season of ambition , it is not ...
Page 24
... equally to his offspring ; and we may probably suppose , that those por- tions of the soil upon which any of them had separately bestowed their care , would thereby have been rendered , in some de- gree , exclusive property . And if by ...
... equally to his offspring ; and we may probably suppose , that those por- tions of the soil upon which any of them had separately bestowed their care , would thereby have been rendered , in some de- gree , exclusive property . And if by ...
Page 31
... equally unfore seen and irresistible : all which may teach us the great insecurity of our present being , after the utmost care we can employ for its preservation . 2. Another branch of personal security which falls under the care of ...
... equally unfore seen and irresistible : all which may teach us the great insecurity of our present being , after the utmost care we can employ for its preservation . 2. Another branch of personal security which falls under the care of ...
Page 54
... equally extend the latter . A solitary individual , in whatever cir , cumstances , can do but little ; nor can a nation of savages , where every one acts in a great measure independently of the rest , do much more . Throughout such a ...
... equally extend the latter . A solitary individual , in whatever cir , cumstances , can do but little ; nor can a nation of savages , where every one acts in a great measure independently of the rest , do much more . Throughout such a ...
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