The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things, Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History : with an Appendix ... |
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Page 95
... liberty a paradox , and a republic , the scoff of tyrants . Let every freeman look to this matter in time The crowned heads of Europe are watching , with an Argus - eye , every opportunity to weaken our Union . Every year of our ...
... liberty a paradox , and a republic , the scoff of tyrants . Let every freeman look to this matter in time The crowned heads of Europe are watching , with an Argus - eye , every opportunity to weaken our Union . Every year of our ...
Page 96
... liberty . We are more in danger from internal foes , than from foreign enemies . If we would be truly great , we must be truly good . Virtue , wisdom , prudence , patriotism , and sterling integrity ; must actuate , guide , and fully ...
... liberty . We are more in danger from internal foes , than from foreign enemies . If we would be truly great , we must be truly good . Virtue , wisdom , prudence , patriotism , and sterling integrity ; must actuate , guide , and fully ...
Page 117
... liberty ; and fulfil the design of your creation . Remain no longer amidst stagnant pools , and loathsome vapors , where serpents hiss and plagues devour ; you may then bathe in rivers of delight , and be free indeed . Are you under the ...
... liberty ; and fulfil the design of your creation . Remain no longer amidst stagnant pools , and loathsome vapors , where serpents hiss and plagues devour ; you may then bathe in rivers of delight , and be free indeed . Are you under the ...
Page 119
... LIBERTY ; who prize our free institutions , be induced to watch , with an Argus - eye , and defend , with a strong arm , the dear - bought privileges we so emi- nently enjoy , and guard against every encroachment of INCONSISTENCY . If ...
... LIBERTY ; who prize our free institutions , be induced to watch , with an Argus - eye , and defend , with a strong arm , the dear - bought privileges we so emi- nently enjoy , and guard against every encroachment of INCONSISTENCY . If ...
Page 164
... liberty of free discussion , and produced mobocracy , in its most fearful aspect , marked with sanguinary scenes and direful consequences . If these sad effects have been realized in the spring- time of its growth , how awful will be ...
... liberty of free discussion , and produced mobocracy , in its most fearful aspect , marked with sanguinary scenes and direful consequences . If these sad effects have been realized in the spring- time of its growth , how awful will be ...
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