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Page 4
Even in matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what would become
of the world , if the practice of all moral duties , and the foundations of society ,
rested upon having their reasons made clear and demonstrative to every ...
Even in matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what would become
of the world , if the practice of all moral duties , and the foundations of society ,
rested upon having their reasons made clear and demonstrative to every ...
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This was the third form , known by political writers under the name of democracy .
Here the people transacted all public business , or the greater part of it , in their
own persons : their laws were made by themselves , and upon any failure of duty
...
This was the third form , known by political writers under the name of democracy .
Here the people transacted all public business , or the greater part of it , in their
own persons : their laws were made by themselves , and upon any failure of duty
...
Page 37
But how far corruption , venality , the contempt of honour , the oblivion of all duty
to our country , and the most abandoned public prostitution , are preferable to the
more glaring and violent effects of faction , I will not presume to determine .
But how far corruption , venality , the contempt of honour , the oblivion of all duty
to our country , and the most abandoned public prostitution , are preferable to the
more glaring and violent effects of faction , I will not presume to determine .
Page 38
... the breach of one of his positive institutions , or the neglect of some of his trivial
forms , than against the neglect or breach of those duties and commandments of
natural religion , which by these forms and institutions he pretends to enforce .
... the breach of one of his positive institutions , or the neglect of some of his trivial
forms , than against the neglect or breach of those duties and commandments of
natural religion , which by these forms and institutions he pretends to enforce .
Page 45
Or shall we pass by this monstrous heap of absurd notions and abominable
practices , thinking we have sufficiently discharged our duty in exposing the
trifling cheats and ridiculous juggles of a few mad , designing , or ambitious
priests ?
Or shall we pass by this monstrous heap of absurd notions and abominable
practices , thinking we have sufficiently discharged our duty in exposing the
trifling cheats and ridiculous juggles of a few mad , designing , or ambitious
priests ?
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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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