The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 39
... reason can be given for desiring any sort of change , which , besides the evils which must attend all changes , can be productive of no possible advantage ? The active men in the state are true samples of the mass . If they are ...
... reason can be given for desiring any sort of change , which , besides the evils which must attend all changes , can be productive of no possible advantage ? The active men in the state are true samples of the mass . If they are ...
Page 42
... reason I have troubled you with this long letter . For that reason I entreat you again and again , neither to be per- suaded , shamed , or frighted out of the principles that have hitherto led so many of you to abhor the war , its cause ...
... reason I have troubled you with this long letter . For that reason I entreat you again and again , neither to be per- suaded , shamed , or frighted out of the principles that have hitherto led so many of you to abhor the war , its cause ...
Page 44
... reason and of sound policy . We cannot be insensible of the calamities which have been brought upon this nation by an obstinate adherence to narrow and restrictive plans of government . I confess I cannot prevail on myself to take them ...
... reason and of sound policy . We cannot be insensible of the calamities which have been brought upon this nation by an obstinate adherence to narrow and restrictive plans of government . I confess I cannot prevail on myself to take them ...
Page 47
... reason curtailed of their natural rights ; but they carry on trade and manufactures with perfect equality . In some way or other the true balance is found , and all of them are pro- perly poised and harmonized . How much have you lost ...
... reason curtailed of their natural rights ; but they carry on trade and manufactures with perfect equality . In some way or other the true balance is found , and all of them are pro- perly poised and harmonized . How much have you lost ...
Page 51
... reason , gentlemen , for taking this step , at this time , is but too obvious and too urgent . I cannot imagine , that you forget the great war , which has been carried on with so little success ( and , as I thought , with so little ...
... reason , gentlemen , for taking this step , at this time , is but too obvious and too urgent . I cannot imagine , that you forget the great war , which has been carried on with so little success ( and , as I thought , with so little ...
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