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... with the utmost de- liberation , in his latest , and as he and his admirers deem , his ripest and most important work , I propose in what follows to examine . I do not propose to discuss Mr. Spencer's philosophy or INTRODUCTION . xiii.
... with the utmost de- liberation , in his latest , and as he and his admirers deem , his ripest and most important work , I propose in what follows to examine . I do not propose to discuss Mr. Spencer's philosophy or INTRODUCTION . xiii.
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... follows the reader will find what Mr. Spencer has published on the land question from 1850 to 1892 , and , by the difference in type , may readily distinguish his utterances from my comments . PART I. DECLARATION . I. " SOCIAL STATICS ...
... follows the reader will find what Mr. Spencer has published on the land question from 1850 to 1892 , and , by the difference in type , may readily distinguish his utterances from my comments . PART I. DECLARATION . I. " SOCIAL STATICS ...
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... follows that they have equal rights to the use of this world . For if each of them " has freedom to do all that he wills , provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other , " then each of them is free to use the earth for the ...
... follows that they have equal rights to the use of this world . For if each of them " has freedom to do all that he wills , provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other , " then each of them is free to use the earth for the ...
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... is diametrically opposed to all that has gone before and all that follows after , it is the sense in which it has been generally understood . It is the sense in which I understood it when , in quoting THE INCONGRUOUS PASSAGE PAGE.
... is diametrically opposed to all that has gone before and all that follows after , it is the sense in which it has been generally understood . It is the sense in which I understood it when , in quoting THE INCONGRUOUS PASSAGE PAGE.
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... follows , that an equal apportionment of the fruits of the earth amongst all , is not consistent with pure justice . If , on the other hand , each is to have allotted to him a share of produce proportionate to the degree in which he has ...
... follows , that an equal apportionment of the fruits of the earth amongst all , is not consistent with pure justice . If , on the other hand , each is to have allotted to him a share of produce proportionate to the degree in which he has ...
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Page xx - Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his.
Page 98 - All space doth occupy, all motion guide ; Unchanged through time's all-devastating flight ! Thou only God, — there is no God beside ! Being above all beings ! mighty One, Whom none can comprehend and none explore ; Who fill'st existence with Thyself alone, Embracing all, supporting, ruling o'er; Being whom we call God, and know no more...
Page 3 - has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other...
Page 252 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page xx - The labour of his body and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with it, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Page 127 - Every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man...
Page 148 - land " includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it.
Page 161 - Under the name of aids, the lord claimed stipulated sums from his tenants on the occasion of the knighting of his eldest son, the marriage of his eldest daughter, or his own capture in war.