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Page 17
All communication is cut off between us , but this we know with certainty , that ,
though we cannot reclaim them , we may reform ourselves . If measures of peace
are necessary , they must begin somewhere ; and a conciliatory temper must ...
All communication is cut off between us , but this we know with certainty , that ,
though we cannot reclaim them , we may reform ourselves . If measures of peace
are necessary , they must begin somewhere ; and a conciliatory temper must ...
Page 22
By such acquiescence great kings and mighty nations have been undone ; and if
any are at this day in a perilous situation from resisting truth , and listening to
flattery , it would rather become them to reform the errors under which they suffer
...
By such acquiescence great kings and mighty nations have been undone ; and if
any are at this day in a perilous situation from resisting truth , and listening to
flattery , it would rather become them to reform the errors under which they suffer
...
Page 55
... A Plan of reform in the constitution of several parts of the public economy . " I
have endeavoured , that this plan should include , in its execution , a
considerable reduction of improper expense ; that it should effect a conversion of
unprofitable ...
... A Plan of reform in the constitution of several parts of the public economy . " I
have endeavoured , that this plan should include , in its execution , a
considerable reduction of improper expense ; that it should effect a conversion of
unprofitable ...
Page 56
I know , that all parsimony is of a quality approaching to unkindness ; and that (
on some person or other ) every reform must operate as a sort of punishment .
Indeed the whole class of the severe and restrictive virtues are at a market almost
...
I know , that all parsimony is of a quality approaching to unkindness ; and that (
on some person or other ) every reform must operate as a sort of punishment .
Indeed the whole class of the severe and restrictive virtues are at a market almost
...
Page 57
Very few men of great families and extensive connexions , but will feel the smart
of a cutting reform , in some close relation , some bosom friend , some pleasant
acquaintance , some dear , protected dependent . Emolument is taken from some
...
Very few men of great families and extensive connexions , but will feel the smart
of a cutting reform , in some close relation , some bosom friend , some pleasant
acquaintance , some dear , protected dependent . Emolument is taken from some
...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1864 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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