North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 77Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge University of Northern Iowa, 1853 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 31
... never more pithily stated than in a criticism of their proceed- ings . When , in the commencement of this enterprise , with all its glories thick upon it , Lord Brougham expressed a belief that , through the agency of this Society , the ...
... never more pithily stated than in a criticism of their proceed- ings . When , in the commencement of this enterprise , with all its glories thick upon it , Lord Brougham expressed a belief that , through the agency of this Society , the ...
Page 39
... never undefiled . No despotism is so hopeless and unrelenting as the despotism of intelligence ; and it is only through the operation of secret and unfathomable instincts of humanity , leading mysteriously towards freedom and light ...
... never undefiled . No despotism is so hopeless and unrelenting as the despotism of intelligence ; and it is only through the operation of secret and unfathomable instincts of humanity , leading mysteriously towards freedom and light ...
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... never entirely at peace with government , because they continually struggle and rebel against its limitations ; nor can the society in which they are disquieted , be ever at peace . On the other hand , the first desire of the people is ...
... never entirely at peace with government , because they continually struggle and rebel against its limitations ; nor can the society in which they are disquieted , be ever at peace . On the other hand , the first desire of the people is ...
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... never can accomplish . To say that this is a govern- ment of the people only , or that the people govern themselves , is , taken literally , to deny the existence of any government over us ; a state of things which , whether 46 [ July ...
... never can accomplish . To say that this is a govern- ment of the people only , or that the people govern themselves , is , taken literally , to deny the existence of any government over us ; a state of things which , whether 46 [ July ...
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... never out of danger from thousands of visible and invisible enemies . Compare the dis- posable forces of this government with that of countries in which one half of the population is employed in keeping down the other half , which are ...
... never out of danger from thousands of visible and invisible enemies . Compare the dis- posable forces of this government with that of countries in which one half of the population is employed in keeping down the other half , which are ...
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