Three English Statesmen: A Course of Lectures on the Political History of EnglandMacmillan, 1868 - 271 էջ |
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... moral grandeur there was in the French Revolu- tion was followed by Bonapartism and Talleyrand . Even while the great men are on the scene , violence and one - sidedness mar their greatness . Let us pray that all our political contests ...
... moral grandeur there was in the French Revolu- tion was followed by Bonapartism and Talleyrand . Even while the great men are on the scene , violence and one - sidedness mar their greatness . Let us pray that all our political contests ...
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... moral forces never . How is it that regard for principle , which was so strong among us then , is comparatively so weak among us now ? The greatest member of parliament that ever lived , the greatest master of the convictions and the ...
... moral forces never . How is it that regard for principle , which was so strong among us then , is comparatively so weak among us now ? The greatest member of parliament that ever lived , the greatest master of the convictions and the ...
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... moral sense , that it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven ; and when we see rich men entering into the kingdom of heaven , hazarding the enjoyment of wealth for the sake of principle , we may know that it is no ...
... moral sense , that it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven ; and when we see rich men entering into the kingdom of heaven , hazarding the enjoyment of wealth for the sake of principle , we may know that it is no ...
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... moral of his political life— The best form of government is that which doth actuate and dispose every part and member of a state to the common good . ' But Pym has a statue in history , and seldom has there been more need for unveiling ...
... moral of his political life— The best form of government is that which doth actuate and dispose every part and member of a state to the common good . ' But Pym has a statue in history , and seldom has there been more need for unveiling ...
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... morality . The execution of the King is treated by cynical philosophy in its usual strain : " This action of the English regicides did in effect strike a damp like death through the heart of flunkeyism universally in this world ...
... morality . The execution of the King is treated by cynical philosophy in its usual strain : " This action of the English regicides did in effect strike a damp like death through the heart of flunkeyism universally in this world ...
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