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" It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance \ which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the... "
Speeches of John Philpot Curran ... To which is added, Henry Grattan, Esq.'s ... - Page 5
by John Philpot CURRAN (Right Hon.) - 1805 - 416 pages
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 4

Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 492 pages
...much more numerous, and therefore so much less united. It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition...liberty to man is eternal vigilance \ which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt. In...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the ..., Volume 2

John Philpot Curran - 1811 - 348 pages
...much more numerous, and, therefore, so much less united. It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition...liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt. In...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the ..., Volume 2

John Philpot Curran - 1811 - 354 pages
...much more numerous, and, therefore, so much less united. It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become / /, a prey to the active. The...liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt. In...
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Records of Patriotism and Love of Country

William Bailey - 1826 - 244 pages
...endurance of every wrong. ' It js the common fate of the indolent,' said the eloquent Curran, ' to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition...liberty to man, is eternal vigilance ; which condition, if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.' Half...
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Irish Eloquence: The Speeches of the Celebrated Irish Orators: Phillips ...

1834 - 602 pages
...more numerous, and therefore so much less united. — It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. — The...given liberty to man is eternal vigilance ; which rendition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his rrimc and the punishment of his...
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The Monthly chronicle; a national journal, Volume 5

1840 - 582 pages
...before our readers. " It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become the prey of the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal tigtlance, which if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his folly and the punishment...
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Irish Eloquence: The Speeches of the Celebrated Irish Orators, Philips ...

John Philpot Curran, Robert Emmet, Henry Grattan - 1840 - 562 pages
...united.—It is the common fate of the. indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.—The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt. In...
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The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 22

1841 - 550 pages
...progress or direction of its motion. Page215: Indolence. — It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition...upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilence ; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the...
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The Christian reformer; or, Unitarian magazine and review [ed. by ..., Volume 8

Robert Aspland - 1841 - 810 pages
...find you slumbering on your post, well and truly was it said by the eloquent John Philpott Curran, "the condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition, if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt." PENSEES...
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Library of Oratory: Embracing Select Speeches of Celebrated ..., Volume 2

1845 - 558 pages
...more numerous, and therefore so much less united. — It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. — The...liberty to man is eternal vigilance ; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt. In...
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