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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Page vii
... labour may an English author hope for more assistance from his readers , more participation as it were in the toils and labour of discussion , than in any one that borders upon politics . For while the man of science converses as a ...
... labour may an English author hope for more assistance from his readers , more participation as it were in the toils and labour of discussion , than in any one that borders upon politics . For while the man of science converses as a ...
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... labour under disadvantages which have been fatal to many pre- vious efforts , and it is as well at once boldly to face and state them . Thus the nature of the subject forbids us the hope of attaining rigidity in any of our conclusions ...
... labour under disadvantages which have been fatal to many pre- vious efforts , and it is as well at once boldly to face and state them . Thus the nature of the subject forbids us the hope of attaining rigidity in any of our conclusions ...
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... labour with me ; if the only result is failure , your charity and fairness will lay that failure the less to my discredit . If I may adopt an expression from mathematical lan- guage , I would here lay down a position in these terms ...
... labour with me ; if the only result is failure , your charity and fairness will lay that failure the less to my discredit . If I may adopt an expression from mathematical lan- guage , I would here lay down a position in these terms ...
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... labour of four thousand centuries , the races of the earth will fall down and worship before that idol , which they and their ancestors have erected - to indulge in these and such like reveries may be the congenial occupa- tion of the ...
... labour of four thousand centuries , the races of the earth will fall down and worship before that idol , which they and their ancestors have erected - to indulge in these and such like reveries may be the congenial occupa- tion of the ...
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... labour or peaceful employment , and so are forced to get a mastery over the peasants who dwelt there before , and compel them to pay tribute out of the produce of their land for their masters ' maintenance . Thus they form aristocracies ...
... labour or peaceful employment , and so are forced to get a mastery over the peasants who dwelt there before , and compel them to pay tribute out of the produce of their land for their masters ' maintenance . Thus they form aristocracies ...
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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.