Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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Page ix
... success : discovery and conquest . If indeed we can advance any propositions that are both true and new , these are indisputably our own , by right of discovery ; and if we can repeat what is old , more briefly and brightly than others ...
... success : discovery and conquest . If indeed we can advance any propositions that are both true and new , these are indisputably our own , by right of discovery ; and if we can repeat what is old , more briefly and brightly than others ...
Page xii
... cannot at the same time amuse it . That author , however , who has thought more than he has read , read more than he has writ- ten , and written more than he has published , if he does not command success , has at least de- xii PREFACE .
... cannot at the same time amuse it . That author , however , who has thought more than he has read , read more than he has writ- ten , and written more than he has published , if he does not command success , has at least de- xii PREFACE .
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Addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton. he does not command success , has at least de- served it . In the article of rejection and abridg- ment , we must be severe for ourselves , if we wish for mercy from others ; since for ...
Addressed to Those who Think Charles Caleb Colton. he does not command success , has at least de- served it . In the article of rejection and abridg- ment , we must be severe for ourselves , if we wish for mercy from others ; since for ...
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... successful war leaves nations ge- nerally more poor , always more profligate , than it found them . There are real evils that can- not be brought into a list of indemnities , and the demoralizing influences of war are not amongst the ...
... successful war leaves nations ge- nerally more poor , always more profligate , than it found them . There are real evils that can- not be brought into a list of indemnities , and the demoralizing influences of war are not amongst the ...
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... success as his truest friend , and apply to confidence as his ablest counsellor . Subtract from a great man all that he owes to opportunity , and all that he owes to chance , all that he has gained by the wisdom of his friends , and by ...
... success as his truest friend , and apply to confidence as his ablest counsellor . Subtract from a great man all that he owes to opportunity , and all that he owes to chance , all that he has gained by the wisdom of his friends , and by ...
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