Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 582
... believe at once in a theory , and in a fact which contradicts it , is an exercise of faith sufficiently hard : But , to believe in a theory because a fact contradicts it , is what neither philosopher nor pope ever before required . This ...
... believe at once in a theory , and in a fact which contradicts it , is an exercise of faith sufficiently hard : But , to believe in a theory because a fact contradicts it , is what neither philosopher nor pope ever before required . This ...
Page 713
... believe that no country ever stood so much in need of a code of laws as India ; and I believe also that there never was a country in which the want might so easily be supplied . I said that there were many points of analogy between the ...
... believe that no country ever stood so much in need of a code of laws as India ; and I believe also that there never was a country in which the want might so easily be supplied . I said that there were many points of analogy between the ...
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... believe that India stands more in need of a code1 than any other country in the world , I believe also that there is no country on which that great benefit can more easily be conferred . A code is almost the only blessing , perhaps it ...
... believe that India stands more in need of a code1 than any other country in the world , I believe also that there is no country on which that great benefit can more easily be conferred . A code is almost the only blessing , perhaps it ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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