Introductory Lectures on Modern History: Delivered in Lent Term, MDCCCXLII. With the Inaugural Lecture Delivered in December, MDCCCXLI. |
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... believe that its future in- fluence on the condition of Europe and of the world may be far greater than that which it exercises now . This leads us to a view of modern history , which cannot indeed be confidently relied on , but which ...
... believe that its future in- fluence on the condition of Europe and of the world may be far greater than that which it exercises now . This leads us to a view of modern history , which cannot indeed be confidently relied on , but which ...
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... believe , it is a good thing to admire . By continually looking upwards our minds will themselves grow upwards ; and as a man , by indulging in habits of scorn and contempt for others , is sure to descend to the level of what he ...
... believe , it is a good thing to admire . By continually looking upwards our minds will themselves grow upwards ; and as a man , by indulging in habits of scorn and contempt for others , is sure to descend to the level of what he ...
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... believe it to be the true theory of government , and that by acknow- ledging it to be so , and keeping it therefore always in sight , we may be able at last to approach indefinitely near to it . The moral character of government seems ...
... believe it to be the true theory of government , and that by acknow- ledging it to be so , and keeping it therefore always in sight , we may be able at last to approach indefinitely near to it . The moral character of government seems ...
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... believe it . That union in action will in the end lead very often to union of belief is most true ; but we cannot ensure its doing so ; and the social bond cannot directly re- quire for its perfectness more than union of action . It ...
... believe it . That union in action will in the end lead very often to union of belief is most true ; but we cannot ensure its doing so ; and the social bond cannot directly re- quire for its perfectness more than union of action . It ...
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... believe together ; we may wish a statement to be true , we may admire those who be- lieve it , we may find it very inconvenient not to believe it ; all this helps us nothing ; unless our own mind is freely con- vinced that the statement ...
... believe together ; we may wish a statement to be true , we may admire those who be- lieve it , we may find it very inconvenient not to believe it ; all this helps us nothing ; unless our own mind is freely con- vinced that the statement ...
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