Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1961 |
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... human mind which tend to great revolutions there is a crisis at which moderate concession may amend , conciliate , and preserve . Happy will it be for England if , at that crisis , her interests be confided to men for whom history has ...
... human mind which tend to great revolutions there is a crisis at which moderate concession may amend , conciliate , and preserve . Happy will it be for England if , at that crisis , her interests be confided to men for whom history has ...
Page 154
... human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to por tray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self - interest ...
... human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to por tray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self - interest ...
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... human form . Yet even these transferred to the Sun the worship which , in speculation , they considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the ...
... human form . Yet even these transferred to the Sun the worship which , in speculation , they considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the ...
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