The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen9David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler F.P. Kaiser, 1900 - 4190 páginas |
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... believe himself restricted , who must fancy himself of a nature superior to that of the peo- ple he commands ? The enjoyment and the inviolability of the first rights of so- cial man , - personal safety and property , - with the power ...
... believe himself restricted , who must fancy himself of a nature superior to that of the peo- ple he commands ? The enjoyment and the inviolability of the first rights of so- cial man , - personal safety and property , - with the power ...
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... believe they are so more than their neighbors , - more than most of the nations of Europe , except the Swiss ; but commerce and the love of gain , riches , and luxury , by weakening their morals , insensibly sap their constitution , or ...
... believe they are so more than their neighbors , - more than most of the nations of Europe , except the Swiss ; but commerce and the love of gain , riches , and luxury , by weakening their morals , insensibly sap their constitution , or ...
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... believe that some of the mysteries of the clouds never will be understood by us at all . " Knowest thou the balancing of the clouds ? " Is the answer ever to be one of pride ? The wondrous works of him , which is perfect in knowledge ...
... believe that some of the mysteries of the clouds never will be understood by us at all . " Knowest thou the balancing of the clouds ? " Is the answer ever to be one of pride ? The wondrous works of him , which is perfect in knowledge ...
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... believe that the re- sentment of this interference of the mist is one of the forms of proud error which are too easily mistaken for virtues . To be content in utter darkness and ignorance is indeed unmanly , and therefore we think that ...
... believe that the re- sentment of this interference of the mist is one of the forms of proud error which are too easily mistaken for virtues . To be content in utter darkness and ignorance is indeed unmanly , and therefore we think that ...
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... believe , is the ordinance of the firmament ; and it seems to me that in the midst of the material nearness of these heavens , God means us to acknowledge his own immediate pres- ence as visiting , judging , and blessing us : " The ...
... believe , is the ordinance of the firmament ; and it seems to me that in the midst of the material nearness of these heavens , God means us to acknowledge his own immediate pres- ence as visiting , judging , and blessing us : " The ...
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