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... rich men are desirous to have , so long will corruption exist , whether the voters be few or numerous There is then no prevention of bribery or intimida- tion but in secret voting , which , by placing per- formance out of view , removes ...
... rich men are desirous to have , so long will corruption exist , whether the voters be few or numerous There is then no prevention of bribery or intimida- tion but in secret voting , which , by placing per- formance out of view , removes ...
Page 169
... rich . Exclusion is the evil spirit of our country for it , every class spurns the class below , while it prostrates to the class above ; for it , the kindly intercourses are cut off , which are the great channels of civilization - the ...
... rich . Exclusion is the evil spirit of our country for it , every class spurns the class below , while it prostrates to the class above ; for it , the kindly intercourses are cut off , which are the great channels of civilization - the ...
Page 170
... rich , has been pro- duced by the path - stopping act , wheresoever it has been enforced , than by any other of the many bad acts that have been spawned by Parliament within the present century . The invasion of right and convenience is ...
... rich , has been pro- duced by the path - stopping act , wheresoever it has been enforced , than by any other of the many bad acts that have been spawned by Parliament within the present century . The invasion of right and convenience is ...
Page 171
Albany Fonblanque. in the improved domains of the rich and powerful , that it is not in the very large patience of the per- sons concerned to become reconciled to the wrong . And who are the men who have authority to rob the labourer of ...
Albany Fonblanque. in the improved domains of the rich and powerful , that it is not in the very large patience of the per- sons concerned to become reconciled to the wrong . And who are the men who have authority to rob the labourer of ...
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... rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven ; and can they who say it mean it , when the state and revenues of princes are the objects of their highest worldly ambition ? Does the ladder of church preferment ascend into attenuated air ...
... rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven ; and can they who say it mean it , when the state and revenues of princes are the objects of their highest worldly ambition ? Does the ladder of church preferment ascend into attenuated air ...
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Page 256 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel : therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 249 - And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king, which ye shall have chosen you ; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
Page 248 - According to all the works which they have done, since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods; so do they also unto thee.
Page 248 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 277 - For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 248 - And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries and to be cooks and to be bakers. And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
Page 259 - Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.
Page 248 - This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : he will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and some shall run before his chariots. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
Page 355 - Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you : 9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
Page 301 - The good old rule, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can.