Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page 16
... sure to be governed as little as pos- sible . It is the same spirit which in different circumstances produces hard masters and disobedient servants , tyrannic rulers and rebellious subjects ; and , as a further aggra- vation , we may ...
... sure to be governed as little as pos- sible . It is the same spirit which in different circumstances produces hard masters and disobedient servants , tyrannic rulers and rebellious subjects ; and , as a further aggra- vation , we may ...
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... already observed , money is sought chiefly for plea- sure , and in the next for consequence ; but , in the last stage , it is sought for its own sake . Avarice is the dead sea into which all c 2 SECT . I. ] 19 General Sketch of Man .
... already observed , money is sought chiefly for plea- sure , and in the next for consequence ; but , in the last stage , it is sought for its own sake . Avarice is the dead sea into which all c 2 SECT . I. ] 19 General Sketch of Man .
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... sure , without any impediments except those arising from the want of bodily vigour , the interposition of hills and vallies , with other inconveniences , which no human exertions can entirely obviate or remove . The value of this ...
... sure , without any impediments except those arising from the want of bodily vigour , the interposition of hills and vallies , with other inconveniences , which no human exertions can entirely obviate or remove . The value of this ...
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... sure to make it an engine of obscenity , as well as of other mischiefs ; at least , in a covert and delicate way , which being less shocking to our moral feelings , is suited to spread the contagion with greater effect . These there ...
... sure to make it an engine of obscenity , as well as of other mischiefs ; at least , in a covert and delicate way , which being less shocking to our moral feelings , is suited to spread the contagion with greater effect . These there ...
Page 57
... public mind be dignified and expanded with knowledge , and it will liberalize the government ; as it will be sure to invite op- pression and tyranny , when contracted and debased by ignorance SECT . III . ] to Virtue and Happiness . 57.
... public mind be dignified and expanded with knowledge , and it will liberalize the government ; as it will be sure to invite op- pression and tyranny , when contracted and debased by ignorance SECT . III . ] to Virtue and Happiness . 57.
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