Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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... society more or less civilized and refin- ed . - Perhaps the whole four are all ultimately resolvable in power . But in the just apprecia- tion of this power , men are too apt to be deceiv- ed . Nothing , for instance , is more common ...
... society more or less civilized and refin- ed . - Perhaps the whole four are all ultimately resolvable in power . But in the just apprecia- tion of this power , men are too apt to be deceiv- ed . Nothing , for instance , is more common ...
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... societies it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest ; not that the highest are always the best , but , because if disgusted there , we can at any time descend ; but if we be- gin with the lowest , to ascend is impossible ...
... societies it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest ; not that the highest are always the best , but , because if disgusted there , we can at any time descend ; but if we be- gin with the lowest , to ascend is impossible ...
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... society , and the double , yet equal and contrary demands arising out of them , where duty and justice are con- stantly opposed to gratitude and inclination , these things must make the profession of a statesman , an office neither easy ...
... society , and the double , yet equal and contrary demands arising out of them , where duty and justice are con- stantly opposed to gratitude and inclination , these things must make the profession of a statesman , an office neither easy ...
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... society ; exas- perated at all who do not recognize their former royalty , and commiserate their present degra- dation . The Senior Wrangler , of a certain year , piping hot from the Senate House at Cam- bridge , went to the play at ...
... society ; exas- perated at all who do not recognize their former royalty , and commiserate their present degra- dation . The Senior Wrangler , of a certain year , piping hot from the Senate House at Cam- bridge , went to the play at ...
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... society , and going through every gradation of life , continue , like him to rise with every change , and who never quit a single step in the ladder , except it be to gain a higher one , these men are superior to fortune , and know how ...
... society , and going through every gradation of life , continue , like him to rise with every change , and who never quit a single step in the ladder , except it be to gain a higher one , these men are superior to fortune , and know how ...
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