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Page 31
You find the same confusion , the same factions , which subsisted at Athens , the
same tumults , the same revolutions , and in fine , the same slavery ; if perhaps
their former condition did not deserve that name altogether as well . All other ...
You find the same confusion , the same factions , which subsisted at Athens , the
same tumults , the same revolutions , and in fine , the same slavery ; if perhaps
their former condition did not deserve that name altogether as well . All other ...
Page 43
It may be urged perhaps , in palliation of this , that , at least , the rich few find a
considerable and real benefit from the wretchedness of the many . But is this so
in fact ? Let us examine the point with a little more attention . For this purpose the
...
It may be urged perhaps , in palliation of this , that , at least , the rich few find a
considerable and real benefit from the wretchedness of the many . But is this so
in fact ? Let us examine the point with a little more attention . For this purpose the
...
Page 46
But we have said nothing of the other , and perhaps as bad , consequences of
these wars , which have spilled such seas of blood , and reduced so many
millions to a merciless slavery . But these are only the ceremonies performed in
the ...
But we have said nothing of the other , and perhaps as bad , consequences of
these wars , which have spilled such seas of blood , and reduced so many
millions to a merciless slavery . But these are only the ceremonies performed in
the ...
Page 47
... I can argue with equal , perhaps superior , force , concerning the necessity of
artificial religion ; and every step you advance in your argument , you add a
strength to mine . So that if we are resolved to submit our reason and our liberty
to civil ...
... I can argue with equal , perhaps superior , force , concerning the necessity of
artificial religion ; and every step you advance in your argument , you add a
strength to mine . So that if we are resolved to submit our reason and our liberty
to civil ...
Page 50
If an inquiry thus carefully conducted should fail at last of discovering the truth , it
may answer an end perhaps as useful , in discovering to us the weakness of our
own understanding . If it does not make us knowing , it may make us modest .
If an inquiry thus carefully conducted should fail at last of discovering the truth , it
may answer an end perhaps as useful , in discovering to us the weakness of our
own understanding . If it does not make us knowing , it may make us modest .
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 Bohn's British classics Bohn's British classics: Burke's works The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | 5, revised |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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