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" Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding general prejudices, employ their sagacity to discover the latent wisdom which prevails in them. If they find what they seek (and they seldom fail) they think it more wise to continue the prejudice,... "
Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from ... - Page 66
by Edmund Burke - 1811
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Present-day Thinkers and the New Scholasticism: An International Symposium

John Stanislaus Zybura - 1926 - 574 pages
...speculation, instead of exploding general prejudices, employ their sagacity to discover the latent wisdom that prevails in them. If they find what they seek, and...continue the prejudice with the reason involved than to cast away the coat of prejudice and to leave nothing but the naked reason, because prejudice with its...
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Present-day Thinkers and the New Scholasticism: An International Symposium

John Stanislaus Zybura - 1926 - 576 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...employ their sagacity to discover the latent wisdom that prevails in them. If they find what they seek, and they seldom fail, they think it more wise to...
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Hegel's Political Philosophy: Problems and Perspectives

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - 1971 - 264 pages
...reason must operate within a tradition, must make use of the prejudices and common opinions of the age : Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...discover the latent wisdom which prevails in them . . . They think it more wise to continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away...
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Catholic World, Volume 109

1919 - 926 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...discover the latent wisdom which prevails in them." It must be noted that by " prejudice " neither Newman nor Burke means an opinion formed without due...
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Burke's Politics: A Study in Whig Orthodoxy

Frederick Dreyer - 1979 - 104 pages
...Burke, Impeachment Speech in Opening, in Works, 9: 379; Impeachment Speech in Reply, in Works, 12: 164. the latent wisdom which prevails in them." "If they find what they seek, (and they seldom fail,)" Burke argued, "they think it more wise to continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to...
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The Romantic Age in Prose: An Anthology

Alan W. Bellringer, C. B. Jones - 1980 - 176 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations, and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejudice, and to leave nothing but the naked reason; because prejudice, with...
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More Nineteenth Century Studies: A Group of Honest Doubters

Basil Willey - 1980 - 310 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...discover the latent wisdom which prevails in them.' Morley, the rationalist, learnt from Burke that the 'naked reason is in itself a less effective means...
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When Words Lose Their Meaning: Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language ...

James Boyd White - 1985 - 400 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations, and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejudice, and to leave nothing but the naked reason; because prejudice, with...
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Wordsworth's Second Nature: A Study of the Poetry and Politics

James Chandler - 1984 - 338 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejudice, and to leave nothing but the naked reason; because prejudice, with...
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When Words Lose Their Meaning: Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language ...

James Boyd White - 1985 - 400 pages
...individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations, and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding...continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejudice, and to leave nothing but the naked reason; because prejudice, with...
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