Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, Volume 1J. Murray, 1829 - 849 pages "His Colloquies of Society (1829) is a calm exposition of his mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of constitutional reform, support for high taxation to redistribute wealth, and so on. The conversations are conducted with the ghost of Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was a remote ancestor of pantisocracy. They are set in the neighbourhood of Keswick, and the beauty of the countryside tempers the generally gloomy tone of the conversation, as does the quiet of his splendid library" -ODNB. |
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... civilization , others have been retrograde ; and that even where improvement appears the greatest , it is partial . For example ; with all the meliorations which have taken place in England , since these stones were set up , ( and you ...
... civilization , others have been retrograde ; and that even where improvement appears the greatest , it is partial . For example ; with all the meliorations which have taken place in England , since these stones were set up , ( and you ...
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... civilization are confined . In this mood how heartily should I have ac- corded with Owen of Lanark , if I could have agreed with that happiest and most beneficent and most practical of all enthusiasts , as well concerning the remedy as ...
... civilization are confined . In this mood how heartily should I have ac- corded with Owen of Lanark , if I could have agreed with that happiest and most beneficent and most practical of all enthusiasts , as well concerning the remedy as ...
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... civilization with which any peo- ple upon this globe have ever in any age been favoured , there is among the lower classes a mass of ignorance , vice and wretchedness , which no generous heart can contemplate with- out grief ; and which ...
... civilization with which any peo- ple upon this globe have ever in any age been favoured , there is among the lower classes a mass of ignorance , vice and wretchedness , which no generous heart can contemplate with- out grief ; and which ...
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... civilization this to which no other country has attained . Man , and man alone , is permitted to run wild . You plough your fields and harrow them ; you have your scarifiers to make the ground clean ; and if after all this weeds should ...
... civilization this to which no other country has attained . Man , and man alone , is permitted to run wild . You plough your fields and harrow them ; you have your scarifiers to make the ground clean ; and if after all this weeds should ...
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... civilization ; and for which even you and those who have followed you in planning ideal commonwealths , have been able to devise no better remedy , than by supposing that even a perfect society would afford criminals enough to perform ...
... civilization ; and for which even you and those who have followed you in planning ideal commonwealths , have been able to devise no better remedy , than by supposing that even a perfect society would afford criminals enough to perform ...
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