The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 76Leonard Scott Publication Company, 1843 - English literature |
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... party achieved . We might easily fill our pages with interesting extracts of this nature ; but we must content ourselves with referring our readers to the work itself . There is scarcely an important victory of the war which Mr Alison ...
... party achieved . We might easily fill our pages with interesting extracts of this nature ; but we must content ourselves with referring our readers to the work itself . There is scarcely an important victory of the war which Mr Alison ...
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... party in a revo- lution be in proportion to their exasperation and their political ignorance ? And will not their exasperation be in proportion to their sufferings , and their political ignorance to their inexperience in the use of ...
... party in a revo- lution be in proportion to their exasperation and their political ignorance ? And will not their exasperation be in proportion to their sufferings , and their political ignorance to their inexperience in the use of ...
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... party , or to undervalue the evils inseparable from all popular convulsions . A revolution , at its best , is a painful and perilous remedy ; at its worst , it is the severest trial which a nation can undergo . If we are inclined ...
... party , or to undervalue the evils inseparable from all popular convulsions . A revolution , at its best , is a painful and perilous remedy ; at its worst , it is the severest trial which a nation can undergo . If we are inclined ...
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... party will be rested , and all the visions of social ' amelioration justified .'- ( x.938 . ) He cites as examples the visions of Rousseau and Condorcet , and proceeds of course , with perfect success , to show that such theories have ...
... party will be rested , and all the visions of social ' amelioration justified .'- ( x.938 . ) He cites as examples the visions of Rousseau and Condorcet , and proceeds of course , with perfect success , to show that such theories have ...
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... party whose error is an over cautious wish to retard it . It is well , while there is such an endless variety of opinions , that there should be every security against their result being wrong on the more dangerous side . If the ...
... party whose error is an over cautious wish to retard it . It is well , while there is such an endless variety of opinions , that there should be every security against their result being wrong on the more dangerous side . If the ...
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