Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 205
... rules which keep him in guiding strings . He learns that he may do such - and - such a thing but must not do some other , and that there are many things which he is compelled to do , willy - nilly . These rules or fetters multiply as he ...
... rules which keep him in guiding strings . He learns that he may do such - and - such a thing but must not do some other , and that there are many things which he is compelled to do , willy - nilly . These rules or fetters multiply as he ...
Page 207
... rule suited to every case that may arise . The best of laws may sometimes work injustice , unless they are applied with discretion and the true spirit of justice . As old rules become too narrow , or are felt to be out of harmony with ...
... rule suited to every case that may arise . The best of laws may sometimes work injustice , unless they are applied with discretion and the true spirit of justice . As old rules become too narrow , or are felt to be out of harmony with ...
Page 212
... rules also regarding property , and the privileges of the Church . These ninety rules were increased by some fifty new " dooms " , as they were called , by subsequent Kings of Kent in the course of the seventh century . Then the great ...
... rules also regarding property , and the privileges of the Church . These ninety rules were increased by some fifty new " dooms " , as they were called , by subsequent Kings of Kent in the course of the seventh century . Then the great ...
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