Essays, moral, political, and literaryBell & Bradfute, 1809 |
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... natural inclination , and from habit . The same creature , in his farther progress , is engaged to establish political society , in order to administer justice ; without which there can be no ... nature ! D.2 Of the Origin of Government.
... natural inclination , and from habit . The same creature , in his farther progress , is engaged to establish political society , in order to administer justice ; without which there can be no ... nature ! D.2 Of the Origin of Government.
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... nature . Men must , therefore , endeavour to palliate what they cannot cure . They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates , whose peculiar office it is to point out the decrees of equity , to punish ...
... nature . Men must , therefore , endeavour to palliate what they cannot cure . They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates , whose peculiar office it is to point out the decrees of equity , to punish ...
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... nature , than our duty to our fellow citizens . The love of dominion is so strong in the breast of man , that many not only submit to , but court all the dangers , and fatigues , and cares of government ; and men , once raised to that ...
... nature , than our duty to our fellow citizens . The love of dominion is so strong in the breast of man , that many not only submit to , but court all the dangers , and fatigues , and cares of government ; and men , once raised to that ...
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... nature , lays as feeble a hold of the human mind , as the primitive and natural duty of justice . Peculiar interests and present temptations may overcome the one as well as the other . They are equally exposed to the same inconvenience ...
... nature , lays as feeble a hold of the human mind , as the primitive and natural duty of justice . Peculiar interests and present temptations may overcome the one as well as the other . They are equally exposed to the same inconvenience ...
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... nature ? I an- swer , that the interest of the body is here restrained by that of the individuals , and that the house of commons stretches not its power , because such an usurpation would be contrary to the interest of the majority of ...
... nature ? I an- swer , that the interest of the body is here restrained by that of the individuals , and that the house of commons stretches not its power , because such an usurpation would be contrary to the interest of the majority of ...
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Page 423 - I am apt to suspect the negroes and in general all the other species of men (for there are four or five different kinds) to be naturally inferior to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences.
Page 266 - What nation could then dispute with us in any foreign market, or pretend to navigate or to sell manufactures at the same price, which to us would afford sufficient profit? In how little time, therefore, must this bring back the money which we had lost, and raise us to the level of all the neighbouring nations?
Page 209 - Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
Page 235 - Thus industry, knowledge, and humanity, are linked together by an indissoluble chain, and are found, from experience as well as reason, to be peculiar to the more polished, and, what are commonly denominated, the more .luxurious ages.
Page 233 - ... men are kept in perpetual occupation, and enjoy, as their reward, the occupation itself, as well as those pleasures which are the fruit of their labour. The mind acquires new vigour ; enlarges its powers and faculties ; and by an assiduity in honest industry, both satisfies its natural appetites, and prevents the growth of unnatural ones, which commonly spring up when nourished by ease and idleness.
Page 229 - Every person, if possible, ought to enjoy the fruits of his labour, in a full possession of all the necessaries, and many of the conveniencies of life. No one can doubt, but such an equality is most suitable to human nature, and diminishes much less from the happiness of the rich than it adds to that of the poor.
Page 266 - BRITAIN to be annihilated in one night, and the nation reduced to the same condition, with regard to specie, as in the reigns of the HARRYS and EDWARDS, what would be the consequence? Must not the price of all labour and commodities sink in proportion, and everything be sold as cheap as they were in those ages? What nation could then dispute with us in any foreign market, or pretend to navigate or to sell manufactures at the same price, which to us would afford sufficient profit?
Page 202 - Every voice is united in applauding elegance, propriety, simplicity, spirit in writing; and in blaming fustian, affectation, coldness, and a false brilliancy. But when critics come to particulars, this seeming unanimity vanishes ; and it is found, that they had affixed a very different meaning to their expressions.
Page 167 - How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...
Page 385 - And hence it is evident that absolute monarchy, which by some men is counted for the only government in the world, is indeed inconsistent with civil society, and so can be no form of civil government at all.