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Page 20
able and ridiculous , these wretches engage under those banners with a fury
greater than if they were animated by revenge for their own proper wrongs . It is
no less worth observing , that this artificial division of mankind into separate
societies ...
able and ridiculous , these wretches engage under those banners with a fury
greater than if they were animated by revenge for their own proper wrongs . It is
no less worth observing , that this artificial division of mankind into separate
societies ...
Page 21
These paradoxes I leave to be solved by the able heads of legislators and
politicians . For my part , I say what a plain man would say on such an occasion . I
can never believe , that any institution , agreeable to nature , and proper for
mankind ...
These paradoxes I leave to be solved by the able heads of legislators and
politicians . For my part , I say what a plain man would say on such an occasion . I
can never believe , that any institution , agreeable to nature , and proper for
mankind ...
Page 25
They hoped it would be impossible that such a number could ever join in any
design against the general good ; and they promised themselves a great deal of
security and happiness , from the united counsels of so many able and
experienced ...
They hoped it would be impossible that such a number could ever join in any
design against the general good ; and they promised themselves a great deal of
security and happiness , from the united counsels of so many able and
experienced ...
Page 40
If the poor man is not able to support his suit , according to the vexatious and
expensive manner established in civilized countries , has not the rich as great an
advantage over him as the strong has over the weak in a state of nature ? But we
...
If the poor man is not able to support his suit , according to the vexatious and
expensive manner established in civilized countries , has not the rich as great an
advantage over him as the strong has over the weak in a state of nature ? But we
...
Page 51
And though we should never be able to reconcile the effect of such images to our
principles , this can never overturn the theory itself , whilst it is founded on certain
and indisputable facts . A theory founded on experiment , and not assumed , is ...
And though we should never be able to reconcile the effect of such images to our
principles , this can never overturn the theory itself , whilst it is founded on certain
and indisputable facts . A theory founded on experiment , and not assumed , is ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 Bohn's British classics Bohn's British classics: Burke's works The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | 5, revised |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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