Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 243
... object , and as to the way of obtaining it , differ as widely as possible respect- ing the latter object . We must , therefore , pause before we admit that the persons , be they who they may , who are in- trusted with power for the ...
... object , and as to the way of obtaining it , differ as widely as possible respect- ing the latter object . We must , therefore , pause before we admit that the persons , be they who they may , who are in- trusted with power for the ...
Page 249
... object , though they may differ with respect to other objects of still higher importance . It will hardly be denied that the security of the persons and property of men is a good object , and that the best way , indeed the only way , of ...
... object , though they may differ with respect to other objects of still higher importance . It will hardly be denied that the security of the persons and property of men is a good object , and that the best way , indeed the only way , of ...
Page 283
... object , the hospital can be made an ornament to the metropolis , it would be absurd not to make it so . In the same manner , if a Government can , without any sacri- fice of its main end , promote any other good work , it ought to do ...
... object , the hospital can be made an ornament to the metropolis , it would be absurd not to make it so . In the same manner , if a Government can , without any sacri- fice of its main end , promote any other good work , it ought to do ...
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