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... Morals . By the Rev. W. Sewell , M.A. , Fel- low and Tutor of Exeter College , and Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Oxford , VIII . American Notes for General Circulation . By Charles Dickens , · IX . - Diary and ...
... Morals . By the Rev. W. Sewell , M.A. , Fel- low and Tutor of Exeter College , and Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Oxford , VIII . American Notes for General Circulation . By Charles Dickens , · IX . - Diary and ...
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... moral profligacy and religious scepticism . His logic convinces us that what he is pleased to call the revolution- ary mania is in itself a very natural feeling - the instinctive de- sire of the oppressed for peace and security . His ...
... moral profligacy and religious scepticism . His logic convinces us that what he is pleased to call the revolution- ary mania is in itself a very natural feeling - the instinctive de- sire of the oppressed for peace and security . His ...
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... moral and religious feeling among the lower classes . Still , we do not comprehend the argument which attributes the crimes and impie- ties of that unhappy time to the demoralizing effects of the Revolution itself . Sudden anarchy may ...
... moral and religious feeling among the lower classes . Still , we do not comprehend the argument which attributes the crimes and impie- ties of that unhappy time to the demoralizing effects of the Revolution itself . Sudden anarchy may ...
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... morality has been ' destroyed in the citizens of towns , in whose hands alone political 6 power is vested . There is no moral strength or political energy in the country . France has fallen into a subjection to Paris , to which there is ...
... morality has been ' destroyed in the citizens of towns , in whose hands alone political 6 power is vested . There is no moral strength or political energy in the country . France has fallen into a subjection to Paris , to which there is ...
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... moral consequences may endure for ages , and it is by their ultimate character that the comparative wisdom of the rival statesmen must be tried . It may be true that Mr Fox was induced , late and reluctantly , to despair of French ...
... moral consequences may endure for ages , and it is by their ultimate character that the comparative wisdom of the rival statesmen must be tried . It may be true that Mr Fox was induced , late and reluctantly , to despair of French ...
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