Essays, Moral, Political and AestheticD. Appleton and Company, 1884 - 418 páginas |
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... believing that in every sentence there is some one order of words more effective than any other ; and that this order is the one which presents the elements of the proposition in the suc cession in which they may be most readily put ...
... believing that in every sentence there is some one order of words more effective than any other ; and that this order is the one which presents the elements of the proposition in the suc cession in which they may be most readily put ...
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... belief in the ultimate supremacy of intelligence over brute force , is conveyed in a more concrete , and therefore more realizable form , if we substitute the pen and the sword for the two abstract terms . To say , " Beware of drinking ...
... belief in the ultimate supremacy of intelligence over brute force , is conveyed in a more concrete , and therefore more realizable form , if we substitute the pen and the sword for the two abstract terms . To say , " Beware of drinking ...
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... beliefs in sci- ence , morals , politics , and religion , which we decisively reject . Yet they held them with a faith quite as strong as ours : nay - stronger , if their intolerance of dissent is any criterion . Of what little worth ...
... beliefs in sci- ence , morals , politics , and religion , which we decisively reject . Yet they held them with a faith quite as strong as ours : nay - stronger , if their intolerance of dissent is any criterion . Of what little worth ...
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... beliefs , and so ceased to enact them , we have not ceased to enact hosts of other beliefs of an equally doubtful kind . Though we no longer presume to coerce men for their spiritual good , we still think ourselves called upon to coerce ...
... beliefs , and so ceased to enact them , we have not ceased to enact hosts of other beliefs of an equally doubtful kind . Though we no longer presume to coerce men for their spiritual good , we still think ourselves called upon to coerce ...
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... belief that it needs but an Act of Parlia ment and a staff of officers , to effect any end desired . No- where is the perennial faith of mankind better seen . Ever since society existed Disappointment has been preaching " Put not your ...
... belief that it needs but an Act of Parlia ment and a staff of officers , to effect any end desired . No- where is the perennial faith of mankind better seen . Ever since society existed Disappointment has been preaching " Put not your ...
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