Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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... ; -by relieving its burdens ; by duly enforcing former regulations , and framing such as are wanting ; for it is not to be sup- posed that any nation ever yet arrived at that pitch B 2 SECT . I. ] 3 General Sketch of Man .
... ; -by relieving its burdens ; by duly enforcing former regulations , and framing such as are wanting ; for it is not to be sup- posed that any nation ever yet arrived at that pitch B 2 SECT . I. ] 3 General Sketch of Man .
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... former part of life , pleasure being the great object of pursuit , it is in order to obtain it that money is eagerly sought , and as eagerly squandered . Avarice shows itself not often in this season ; and when it does , it is only in a ...
... former part of life , pleasure being the great object of pursuit , it is in order to obtain it that money is eagerly sought , and as eagerly squandered . Avarice shows itself not often in this season ; and when it does , it is only in a ...
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... former without discouraging the latter , is a difficulty to which no policy is equal . There have been periods when prescription was reason , and when time gave a sanction to the grossest usurpations upon the persons and property , the ...
... former without discouraging the latter , is a difficulty to which no policy is equal . There have been periods when prescription was reason , and when time gave a sanction to the grossest usurpations upon the persons and property , the ...
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... former must 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 ...
... former must 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 ...
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... former will appear preferable for these two reasons ; first , because it is less liable to anxious deliberation ; and secondly , be- cause it is less responsible for consequences . When a man's conduct is prescribed to him * It is ...
... former will appear preferable for these two reasons ; first , because it is less liable to anxious deliberation ; and secondly , be- cause it is less responsible for consequences . When a man's conduct is prescribed to him * It is ...
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