Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page 36
... labour , and required no more from the common stock than a moderate supply of his wants . In such a state of mutual benevolence a nation would have resembled children of the same family , and their dwellings so many apartments in the ...
... labour , and required no more from the common stock than a moderate supply of his wants . In such a state of mutual benevolence a nation would have resembled children of the same family , and their dwellings so many apartments in the ...
Page 37
... labour , or enjoy his paternal inhe- ritance without fear of injury or annoyance ; is a blessing which can be duly estimated by those only who have experienced the inse- curity of a tyrannic or savage state . Even merely to contemplate ...
... labour , or enjoy his paternal inhe- ritance without fear of injury or annoyance ; is a blessing which can be duly estimated by those only who have experienced the inse- curity of a tyrannic or savage state . Even merely to contemplate ...
Page 38
... labour , and cannot subsist without it . And indeed no society can enjoy much permanency be- yond this state ; for suppose it elevated a few degrees higher , whether by a sudden influx of wealth , or by any other means , the number of ...
... labour , and cannot subsist without it . And indeed no society can enjoy much permanency be- yond this state ; for suppose it elevated a few degrees higher , whether by a sudden influx of wealth , or by any other means , the number of ...
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... labour , but by a most detestable division of mankind into freemen and slaves ; by which the one part constitute themselves the lords and tyrants of the other . This we know was a practice with the most cele- brated republics of ...
... labour , but by a most detestable division of mankind into freemen and slaves ; by which the one part constitute themselves the lords and tyrants of the other . This we know was a practice with the most cele- brated republics of ...
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... labour , there can be little room for mental excursions ; and we should generally look in vain for flights of genius , or the severe investigations of rea- son , amongst hordes of savages , or in the mass of civil communities , which ...
... labour , there can be little room for mental excursions ; and we should generally look in vain for flights of genius , or the severe investigations of rea- son , amongst hordes of savages , or in the mass of civil communities , which ...
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