Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 651
... truth , and another to denounce that truth as falsehood . But it is a mere chance whether any sum which he votes for the English Church in any colony will go to the maintenance of an Arminian or a Calvinist , of a man like Mr. Froude ...
... truth , and another to denounce that truth as falsehood . But it is a mere chance whether any sum which he votes for the English Church in any colony will go to the maintenance of an Arminian or a Calvinist , of a man like Mr. Froude ...
Page 754
... truth adulterated with error , or teach no truth at all . The constitu- tion of the human mind is such that it is impossible to provide any machinery for the dissemination of truth which shall not , with the truth , disseminate some ...
... truth adulterated with error , or teach no truth at all . The constitu- tion of the human mind is such that it is impossible to provide any machinery for the dissemination of truth which shall not , with the truth , disseminate some ...
Page 756
... truth to the Irish people . But I think it better that they should have important and salutary truth , polluted by some error , than that they should remain altogether uninstructed . I heartily wish that they were Protestants . But I ...
... truth to the Irish people . But I think it better that they should have important and salutary truth , polluted by some error , than that they should remain altogether uninstructed . I heartily wish that they were Protestants . But I ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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