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... tion is necessary to the advancement of knowledge ; but particularly is indispensable to the creations of the imagination . In pro- portion as men know more and think more , they look less at individuals and more at classes . They ...
... tion is necessary to the advancement of knowledge ; but particularly is indispensable to the creations of the imagination . In pro- portion as men know more and think more , they look less at individuals and more at classes . They ...
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... tion . We shall not argue it on general grounds . We shall not recur to those pri- mary principles from which the claim of any government to the obedience of its subjects is to be deduced . We are entitled to that vantage ground ; but ...
... tion . We shall not argue it on general grounds . We shall not recur to those pri- mary principles from which the claim of any government to the obedience of its subjects is to be deduced . We are entitled to that vantage ground ; but ...
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... tion of Charles ; not because the constitu- tion exempts the King from responsibility , for we know that all such maxims , however excellent , have their exceptions ; nor be- cause we feel any peculiar interest in his character , for we ...
... tion of Charles ; not because the constitu- tion exempts the King from responsibility , for we know that all such maxims , however excellent , have their exceptions ; nor be- cause we feel any peculiar interest in his character , for we ...
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... tion . We image to ourselves the breathless silence in which we should listen to his slightest word , the passionate veneration with which we should kneel to kiss his hand and weep upon it , the earnestness with which we should ...
... tion . We image to ourselves the breathless silence in which we should listen to his slightest word , the passionate veneration with which we should kneel to kiss his hand and weep upon it , the earnestness with which we should ...
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... tion , fertile invention , and profound know- ledge of human nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would have been the idol of the North . The follies of his youth , the selfish ambition of his manhood , the Lollards roasted at ...
... tion , fertile invention , and profound know- ledge of human nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would have been the idol of the North . The follies of his youth , the selfish ambition of his manhood , the Lollards roasted at ...
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