The Progress of Nations; Or the Principles of National Development in Their Relationship to Statesmanship: A Study in Analytical HistoryLongman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861 - 662 pages |
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... cities which had cherished it , itself the trophy which the victors have borne away as the choicest spoil in their triumph , but which in the end has been too rich a prize for the captors to retain ; and lastly the prospect of a yet ...
... cities which had cherished it , itself the trophy which the victors have borne away as the choicest spoil in their triumph , but which in the end has been too rich a prize for the captors to retain ; and lastly the prospect of a yet ...
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... cities , replete with a money - getting and cowardly population , who were ready to pay tribute for protection against other spoilers , the Lombard tribes . successively melted away their stern iron nature in the lap of soft luxury ...
... cities , replete with a money - getting and cowardly population , who were ready to pay tribute for protection against other spoilers , the Lombard tribes . successively melted away their stern iron nature in the lap of soft luxury ...
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... cities then contained all the leaders of human thought , men that have made great and cardinal discoveries , which once published , have become the pro- perty of all mankind for all ages . Think sometimes when the vast scheme of our ...
... cities then contained all the leaders of human thought , men that have made great and cardinal discoveries , which once published , have become the pro- perty of all mankind for all ages . Think sometimes when the vast scheme of our ...
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... cities nurtured , no need will there ever be to rediscover these arts , to prove again these - the elements of science . The same age and the same country which produced the discoveries of Thales and Anaximander , produced also ...
... cities nurtured , no need will there ever be to rediscover these arts , to prove again these - the elements of science . The same age and the same country which produced the discoveries of Thales and Anaximander , produced also ...
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... cities on the shores of Italy . - About that time Croton and Sybaris were in their acme . We know less of them and of the other kindred and neigh- bouring cities which then flourished , than we do of the Ionians ; but the Pythagorean ...
... cities on the shores of Italy . - About that time Croton and Sybaris were in their acme . We know less of them and of the other kindred and neigh- bouring cities which then flourished , than we do of the Ionians ; but the Pythagorean ...
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Page 109 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The...
Page 23 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 47 - As the sun, Ere it is risen, sometimes paints its image In the atmosphere, so often do the spirits Of great events stride on before the events. And in today already walks tomorrow.
Page 53 - In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Page 474 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.
Page 555 - Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. They have enabled a greater population to live the same life of drudgery and imprisonment, and an increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes.
Page 241 - When I have been upon the Change, I have often fancied one of our old kings standing in person, where he is represented in effigy, and looking down upon the wealthy concourse of people with which that place is every day filled. In this case, how would he be...
Page 320 - This purpose, formed in infancy and poverty, grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical sun, he ruled fifty millions of Asiatics, his hopes, amidst all the cares of war, finance, and legislation, still pointed to Daylesford. And when his long public life, so singularly chequered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length...
Page 250 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty ; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Page 250 - The power of judging should be exercised by persons taken from the body of the people, at certain times of the year, and pursuant to a form and manner prescribed by law. There is no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.