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Page 7
In the state of nature , without question , mankind was subjected to many and
great inconveniences . Want of union , want of mutual assistance , want of a
common arbitrator to resort to in their differences . These were evils which they
could not ...
In the state of nature , without question , mankind was subjected to many and
great inconveniences . Want of union , want of mutual assistance , want of a
common arbitrator to resort to in their differences . These were evils which they
could not ...
Page 18
To give the fairest play to every side of the question , I will own that there is a
haughtiness and fierceness in human nature , which will cause innumerable
broils , place men in what situation you please ; but owning this , I still insist in
charging it ...
To give the fairest play to every side of the question , I will own that there is a
haughtiness and fierceness in human nature , which will cause innumerable
broils , place men in what situation you please ; but owning this , I still insist in
charging it ...
Page 34
Hence it is , that whilst the business of government should be carrying on , the
question is , Who has a right to exercise this or that function of it , or what men
have power to keep their offices in any function ? Whilst this contest continues ,
and ...
Hence it is , that whilst the business of government should be carrying on , the
question is , Who has a right to exercise this or that function of it , or what men
have power to keep their offices in any function ? Whilst this contest continues ,
and ...
Page 35
And these questions are constantly resolved , without any consideration of the
merits of the cause , merely as the parties who uphold these jarring interests may
chance to prevail ; and as they prevail , the balance is overset , now upon one ...
And these questions are constantly resolved , without any consideration of the
merits of the cause , merely as the parties who uphold these jarring interests may
chance to prevail ; and as they prevail , the balance is overset , now upon one ...
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In a law - suit the question is , who has a right to a certain house 1 or farm ? And
this question is daily determined , not upon the evidence of the right , but upon
the observance or neglect of some form of words in use with the gentlemen of the
...
In a law - suit the question is , who has a right to a certain house 1 or farm ? And
this question is daily determined , not upon the evidence of the right , but upon
the observance or neglect of some form of words in use with the gentlemen of the
...
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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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