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" Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom, and a great empire and little minds go ill together. "
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 79
by Edmund Burke - 1807
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The history of England, from the accession of George iii., 1760 ..., Volume 2

Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 448 pages
...permitted to exhaust herself: magnanimity in politics is CxvP' not seldom the truest wisdom ; whilst a great empire — and little minds go ill together....conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station, we ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which...
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Practical Speaking: As Taught in Yale College

Erasmus Darwin North - 1846 - 454 pages
...mentioned, / have no substantial existence, \ are, in truth, every thing, Magnanimity, in politics, \ is, not seldom, the truest wisdom ; \/ and a great empire, and little minds, \ go ill together. / Let us get an American revenue, \ as we have got an American empire. \ English privileges / have...
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The Works and Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1852 - 558 pages
...mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great empire...station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America, with the old warning of the Church, Sursum corda ! We ought to elevate...
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The Works and Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1852 - 552 pages
...mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great empire...station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America, with the old warning of the Church, Sursum corda ! We ought to elevate...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 968 pages
...mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire...conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America...
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Select British Eloquence; Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 978 pages
...mentioned, have no sub stantial existence, are in truth every thing and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great empire...conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...mentioned, have no substantial existence, are, in truth, everything, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great Empire and little minds go ill together. Let us get an American revenue, as we have got an American Empire. English privileges have made it...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...mentioned, have no substantial existence, are, in truth, everything, and all in all. Magnanimity in polities is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great Empire and little minds go ill together. Let us get an American revenue, as we have got an American Empire. English privileges have made it...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 pages
...mentioned, have no substantial existence, arc in truth every thing and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little mind? go ill together. If we are conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as...
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The Speeches of the Earl of Chatham, the Hon. R.B. Sheridan, Lord Erskine ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 pages
...mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth everything, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great empire...station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the church, Sursum carda ! We ought to elevate...
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