The Christian Examiner, Volume 74Crosby, Nichols, & Company, 1863 - Liberalism (Religion) |
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... hands of the upper classes for the protection of their interests against the class - legislation of the operatives ... hand , that the confusion would be only the temporary result of the want of familiarity , on the part of voters and ...
... hands of the upper classes for the protection of their interests against the class - legislation of the operatives ... hand , that the confusion would be only the temporary result of the want of familiarity , on the part of voters and ...
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... hand , and a growing familiarity with its details on the other , would end by making it work as smoothly as the pres- ent system of imperfect representation . Mr. Mill declares , in the strongest terms , his belief in " the perfect ...
... hand , and a growing familiarity with its details on the other , would end by making it work as smoothly as the pres- ent system of imperfect representation . Mr. Mill declares , in the strongest terms , his belief in " the perfect ...
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... hands , these feel at once both the professional odium and the social disgrace which come of their dishonesty . But a journal may come forth from its press every morning reeking with calumny and venom , with every argument directed to ...
... hands , these feel at once both the professional odium and the social disgrace which come of their dishonesty . But a journal may come forth from its press every morning reeking with calumny and venom , with every argument directed to ...
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... hands of whomsoever they are told to support . The value of free suffrage depends wholly upon the extent to which the people are willing to accept the responsibilities which it imposes , as well as the privileges which it confers ; and ...
... hands of whomsoever they are told to support . The value of free suffrage depends wholly upon the extent to which the people are willing to accept the responsibilities which it imposes , as well as the privileges which it confers ; and ...
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... hand in their own sacred books . We conclude , with Nicolas , that it is " impossible to find in the Mazdean religion direct and positive antecedents of the Jewish doctrine of the Word . " * Kleuker , Zend - Avesta , Tom . I. pp . 107 ...
... hand in their own sacred books . We conclude , with Nicolas , that it is " impossible to find in the Mazdean religion direct and positive antecedents of the Jewish doctrine of the Word . " * Kleuker , Zend - Avesta , Tom . I. pp . 107 ...
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Page 413 - It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Page 92 - COURAGE !" he said, and pointed toward the land, " This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon." In the afternoon they came unto a land, In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.
Page 92 - Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height; To hear each other's whisper'd speech; Eating the Lotos day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender curving lines of creamy spray; To lend our hearts and spirits wholly To the influence of mild-minded melancholy...
Page 8 - Secondly, the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits ; of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character ; of doing as we like, subject to such consequences as may follow : without impediment from our fellow-creatures, so long as what we do does not harm them, even though they should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong.
Page 14 - In sober truth, whatever homage may be professed, or even paid, to real or supposed mental superiority, the general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. In ancient history, in the Middle Ages, and in a diminishing degree through the long transition from feudality to the present time, the individual was a power in himself ; and if he had either great talents or a high social position, he was a considerable power. At present individuals...
Page 204 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Page 7 - Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough: there needs protection also against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling; against the tendency of society to impose, by other means than civil penalties, its own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them...
Page 350 - Or, though they came with the rest in ships that bound through the waters, Dare they not enter the fight or stand in the council of Heroes, All for fear of the shame and the taunts my crime has awakened ? So said she : — they long since in Earth's soft arms were reposing. There, in their own dear land, their Fatherland, Lacedaemon.
Page 8 - It comprises, first, the inward domain of consciousness ; demanding liberty of conscience, in the most comprehensive sense ; liberty of thought and feeling ; absolute freedom of opinion and sentiment on all subjects, practical or speculative, scientific, moral, or theological.
Page 265 - America, then, exhibits in her social state an extraordinary phenomenon. Men are there seen on a greater equality in point of fortune and intellect, or, in other words, more equal in their strength, than in any other country of the world, or in any age of which history has preserved the remembrance.