American Quarterly Review, Volume 17 |
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Page 4
... hostile to individual elevation of mind , and more paralyzing to every thing
generous and noble in national character , than the perpetual reference of every
thing to its equivalent in common and ordinary estimation . The principle carried
out ...
... hostile to individual elevation of mind , and more paralyzing to every thing
generous and noble in national character , than the perpetual reference of every
thing to its equivalent in common and ordinary estimation . The principle carried
out ...
Page 5
So far they are borne out by their principle of utility , but further their hobby horse
will not carry them . Their attraction is to the earth , and , like Sancho on the magic
steed , no power of imagination , whatever they may pretend , can force them ...
So far they are borne out by their principle of utility , but further their hobby horse
will not carry them . Their attraction is to the earth , and , like Sancho on the magic
steed , no power of imagination , whatever they may pretend , can force them ...
Page 7
... when speculation is in any degree free , can hardly be counteracted even by
the agency to which we have adverted . Even where the rights of property are
affected , and the selfish principle comes strongly to the assistance of established
...
... when speculation is in any degree free , can hardly be counteracted even by
the agency to which we have adverted . Even where the rights of property are
affected , and the selfish principle comes strongly to the assistance of established
...
Page 12
The object then is rather to create habits of application ; to call into action that
greatest principle of all human greatness , attention ; to give a command of the
faculties , to such degree of investigation as their tender expansion will permit ; to
...
The object then is rather to create habits of application ; to call into action that
greatest principle of all human greatness , attention ; to give a command of the
faculties , to such degree of investigation as their tender expansion will permit ; to
...
Page 15
... principles of liberty , and just sentiments of the dignity and rights of mankind ,
must be imbibed . ” Slaves only are always and necessarily ignorant . The Turk ,
on the very site of Byzantium , is the only inhabitant of Europe who preserves no
...
... principles of liberty , and just sentiments of the dignity and rights of mankind ,
must be imbibed . ” Slaves only are always and necessarily ignorant . The Turk ,
on the very site of Byzantium , is the only inhabitant of Europe who preserves no
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 17 |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2019 |
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