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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from ... - Page 66
by Edmund Burke - 1811
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 508 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejudice, and to leave nothing but the naked reason ; because prejudice, with...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...seek, and they seldom fail, they think it more wise t« continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than t« cast away the coat of prejudice, and...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings of Certain ...

Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations, and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejudice, and to leave nothing but the naked reason ; because prejudice, with...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5

Edmund Burke - 1815 - 464 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...the latent wisdom which prevails in them. If they fmd what they seek, and they seldom fail, they think it more wise to continue the prejudice, with the...
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An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain Respecting the United States ...

Robert Walsh - 1819 - 574 pages
...an analogous cast which we see prevailing in England. " Men of true speculation," says Mr. Burke, " instead of exploding general prejudices, employ their...which prevails in them. If they find what they seek, they think it more wise to continue the prejudice, with the .reason involved, than to cast away the...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, Volumes 1-2

Edmund Burke - 1821 - 380 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of natioiis and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejudice, and to leave nothing but the naked reason ; because prejudice, with...
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The British Prose Writers...: Burke's reflections

1821 - 362 pages
...capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding general prejndices, employ their sagacity to discover the latent wisdom...seldom fail ; they think it more wise to continue the prejndice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejndice, and to leave nothing...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...sagacity to discover the latent wisdom which prevails ш them. If they find what they seek, and they seldom fail, they think it more wise to continue the...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejudice, and to leave nothing but the naked reason ; because prejudice, with...
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The South Vindicated from the Treason and Fanaticism of the Northern ...

William Drayton - 1836 - 330 pages
...their sagacity to discover • the latent wisdom which inheres in them. If they find what they seek, they think it more wise to continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejudice, and leave nothing but the naked reason. ' >l 236 CHAPTER XX. Consequences...
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