 If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes...  Practical Speaking: As Taught in Yale College - Page 394by Erasmus Darwin North - 1846 - 440 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Greville - 1845 - 388 pages
...question, without thinking what practical contradiction they afford to the saying of Burke, that " government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination."* Here was, session after session, a display of reason, and judgment, and * Speech at Bristol after his... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pages
...betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. 4. The gentleman says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all,...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide... | |
 | George Crosby - 1847 - 424 pages
...betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. My worthy colleague says his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all,...not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that 1780. Sir H. Lippincott C 3518 Matthew Brickdale C 2771 Henry Cruger W 1271 Samuel Peach W 788 Edmund... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 558 pages
...betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all,...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 552 pages
...betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all,...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 pages
...Burke, in adverting to the subject, remarked, " My worthy colleague says his will ought to be subject to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which determination precedes discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and where... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 968 pages
...Burke, in adverting to the subject, remarked, " My worthy colleague says his will ought to be subject to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which determination precedes discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and where... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 978 pages
...worthy colleague says his will ought to be subject to yours. If that be all, the thing is in nocent. n ques tion, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment,... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1854 - 340 pages
...betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. " My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all,...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide,... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1854 - 340 pages
...betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. "My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient. to yours. If that be all,...will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to he superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination... | |
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