Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 117
... true that the manner in which they used their power was often unjust and cruel . It is true that , in order to bring about their favourite project of peace , they resorted to slander and decep- tion , without the slightest scruple . It ...
... true that the manner in which they used their power was often unjust and cruel . It is true that , in order to bring about their favourite project of peace , they resorted to slander and decep- tion , without the slightest scruple . It ...
Page 252
... true course in looking first for the true idéa , or abstract conception of a government , of course with allowance for the evil and frailty that are in man , and then in examining whether there be comprised in that idéa a capacity and ...
... true course in looking first for the true idéa , or abstract conception of a government , of course with allowance for the evil and frailty that are in man , and then in examining whether there be comprised in that idéa a capacity and ...
Page 271
... true ; nor this , that truth and falsehood are both equally good ; nor yet this , that all speculative error is necessarily innocent ; but this , that there is on the face of the earth no visible body to whose decrees men are bound to ...
... true ; nor this , that truth and falsehood are both equally good ; nor yet this , that all speculative error is necessarily innocent ; but this , that there is on the face of the earth no visible body to whose decrees men are bound to ...
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