An Essay on the Effect of the Reformation on Civil Society in EuropeW. Blackwood, 1829 - 320 pages |
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... freedom from constraint which is consistent with the existence and welfare of the social union - there is no earthly blessing of more importance to the intel- lectual and social improvement of mankind . It is the nurse of genius - the ...
... freedom from constraint which is consistent with the existence and welfare of the social union - there is no earthly blessing of more importance to the intel- lectual and social improvement of mankind . It is the nurse of genius - the ...
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... freedom , while the people of other lands were slaves . And why was Greece free ? Be- cause she was intelligent . Amply did knowledge un- fold to the Greeks her precious stores ; over the fields of literature and science they expatiated ...
... freedom , while the people of other lands were slaves . And why was Greece free ? Be- cause she was intelligent . Amply did knowledge un- fold to the Greeks her precious stores ; over the fields of literature and science they expatiated ...
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William Mackray. of restraints on freedom of thought , and on the pro- gress of knowledge . Their favourite maxim was ... freedom - they established the Inquisition , " that tribunal , which , " to use the language of a masterly writer ...
William Mackray. of restraints on freedom of thought , and on the pro- gress of knowledge . Their favourite maxim was ... freedom - they established the Inquisition , " that tribunal , which , " to use the language of a masterly writer ...
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... freedom . Raised by means of popular ignorance to the possession of a power whose greatness fills us with astonishment , the Pontiffs became , as might naturally have been expected , the patrons and guardians of that to which they owed ...
... freedom . Raised by means of popular ignorance to the possession of a power whose greatness fills us with astonishment , the Pontiffs became , as might naturally have been expected , the patrons and guardians of that to which they owed ...
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... freedom , deplored the situation of Pope Eugenius , at a time when there was room for better hopes of the Roman Court , though even then very corrupt , why may not we , after an accumulation of most ruinous corruptions for upwards of ...
... freedom , deplored the situation of Pope Eugenius , at a time when there was room for better hopes of the Roman Court , though even then very corrupt , why may not we , after an accumulation of most ruinous corruptions for upwards of ...
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