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Page 12
... evil , and no more than was necessary . I consider this , Sir , as a practical question . I rest my opinion on no general theory of government . I distrust all general theories of government . I will not positively say , that there is ...
... evil , and no more than was necessary . I consider this , Sir , as a practical question . I rest my opinion on no general theory of government . I distrust all general theories of government . I will not positively say , that there is ...
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... evil cannot be denied . That it is an increasing evil cannot be denied . One gentle- man tells us that it has been produced by the late events in France and Belgium ; another , that it is the effect of seditious works which have lately ...
... evil cannot be denied . That it is an increasing evil cannot be denied . One gentle- man tells us that it has been produced by the late events in France and Belgium ; another , that it is the effect of seditious works which have lately ...
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... evil remains . It is more formi- dable than ever . What is to be done ? Under such circumstances , a great plan of reconciliation , prepared by the Ministers of the Crown , has been brought before us in a manner which gives additional ...
... evil remains . It is more formi- dable than ever . What is to be done ? Under such circumstances , a great plan of reconciliation , prepared by the Ministers of the Crown , has been brought before us in a manner which gives additional ...
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... evil example , that Parliament should yield to intimidation . But surely , if that argument be of any force against the present bill , it will be of tenfold force against any Reform Bill pro- posed by you . For this bill is the work 34 ...
... evil example , that Parliament should yield to intimidation . But surely , if that argument be of any force against the present bill , it will be of tenfold force against any Reform Bill pro- posed by you . For this bill is the work 34 ...
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... evil . This is no age , this is no country , for the war of power against opinion . Those Jacobin mountebanks , whom this bill would at once send back to their native obscurity , would rise into fearful importance . The law would be ...
... evil . This is no age , this is no country , for the war of power against opinion . Those Jacobin mountebanks , whom this bill would at once send back to their native obscurity , would rise into fearful importance . The law would be ...
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