Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think. From the 8th London EdLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 267 pages |
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Page vii
... natural , while it convulses the nations , reforms them too . On subjects indeed , on which man- kind have been thinking for so many thousands of years , it will often happen that whatever is abso- lutely new , may have the misfortune ...
... natural , while it convulses the nations , reforms them too . On subjects indeed , on which man- kind have been thinking for so many thousands of years , it will often happen that whatever is abso- lutely new , may have the misfortune ...
Page x
... nature , to reflect that our knowledge is but as the rivulet , our ignorance as the sea . On points of the highest interest , the moment we quit the light of.revelation , we shall find that Platonism itself is intimately connected with ...
... nature , to reflect that our knowledge is but as the rivulet , our ignorance as the sea . On points of the highest interest , the moment we quit the light of.revelation , we shall find that Platonism itself is intimately connected with ...
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... nature ; the two latter more properly belong to a state of society more or less civilized and refined . Perhaps the whole four are all ultimately resolvible into power . But in the just appreciation of this power , men are too apt to be ...
... nature ; the two latter more properly belong to a state of society more or less civilized and refined . Perhaps the whole four are all ultimately resolvible into power . But in the just appreciation of this power , men are too apt to be ...
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... Nature seems to have given him a head of chrystal , and nerves of brass . I shall quote his reply to a deputation from the dissenters , as highly charac- teristic of the man . They had waited on him by appoint- ment , to request that he ...
... Nature seems to have given him a head of chrystal , and nerves of brass . I shall quote his reply to a deputation from the dissenters , as highly charac- teristic of the man . They had waited on him by appoint- ment , to request that he ...
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... nature does the most , man does the least ; and where she does but little , there we shall find the utmost acme of hu- man exertion . Thus , Spain produces the worst farmers ; and Scotland the best gardeners ; the former are the spoilt ...
... nature does the most , man does the least ; and where she does but little , there we shall find the utmost acme of hu- man exertion . Thus , Spain produces the worst farmers ; and Scotland the best gardeners ; the former are the spoilt ...
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