History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... reason , to reconnect what we now are with what we formerly were ; we feel the necessity of bringing our habits into asso- ciation with intelligent feeling , to connect our institutions with our recollections , and , in fine , to gather ...
... reason , to reconnect what we now are with what we formerly were ; we feel the necessity of bringing our habits into asso- ciation with intelligent feeling , to connect our institutions with our recollections , and , in fine , to gather ...
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... reason , regard for justice , love of liberty , all that makes society dignified and secure , were a discovery of to - day , made by the generation which has last appeared . In thus renouncing its ancestors , this generation forgets ...
... reason , regard for justice , love of liberty , all that makes society dignified and secure , were a discovery of to - day , made by the generation which has last appeared . In thus renouncing its ancestors , this generation forgets ...
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François Guizot. THE DUTY OF IMPARTIALITY . 9 made with as little reason on behalf of the ancient political institutions of Europe . Justice , and justice alone , is due to that which no longer exists , as well as to that which still ...
François Guizot. THE DUTY OF IMPARTIALITY . 9 made with as little reason on behalf of the ancient political institutions of Europe . Justice , and justice alone , is due to that which no longer exists , as well as to that which still ...
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... reason for its sole guides . But fre- quently also , as it ascends , power forgets its origin and final destiny ; it forgets that it was founded to maintain all rights , to respect all liberties ; and meeting with no further obstacles ...
... reason for its sole guides . But fre- quently also , as it ascends , power forgets its origin and final destiny ; it forgets that it was founded to maintain all rights , to respect all liberties ; and meeting with no further obstacles ...
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... reason and justice , -- for were all reason and justice to be withdrawn , society would perish . We may sometimes see governments of apparently the most opposite character produce the same effects . During the seventeenth and eighteenth ...
... reason and justice , -- for were all reason and justice to be withdrawn , society would perish . We may sometimes see governments of apparently the most opposite character produce the same effects . During the seventeenth and eighteenth ...
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