A Library of Universal Literature: In 4 Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations. Pt.3: Orations, Volume 6Collier, 1900 - Literature |
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... opinions even on important subjects , which I once thought right , but found to be otherwise . It is therefore that , the older I grow , the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others . Most men , indeed , as well as most sects in ...
... opinions even on important subjects , which I once thought right , but found to be otherwise . It is therefore that , the older I grow , the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others . Most men , indeed , as well as most sects in ...
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... opinion , their local interests , and their selfish views . From such an as- sembly can a perfect production be ... opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good . I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad ...
... opinion , their local interests , and their selfish views . From such an as- sembly can a perfect production be ... opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good . I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad ...
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... opinion , on the general opinion of the goodness of that government , as well as of the wisdom and integrity of its governors . I hope , therefore , for our own sakes , as a part of the people , and for the sake of our posterity , that ...
... opinion , on the general opinion of the goodness of that government , as well as of the wisdom and integrity of its governors . I hope , therefore , for our own sakes , as a part of the people , and for the sake of our posterity , that ...
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... opinion may appear new and chimerical , it is only from a persuasion that it is right , and from a sense of duty , that I hazard it . The committee will judge of my reasons when they have heard them , and their judgment may possibly ...
... opinion may appear new and chimerical , it is only from a persuasion that it is right , and from a sense of duty , that I hazard it . The committee will judge of my reasons when they have heard them , and their judgment may possibly ...
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... opinion . The high sheriff of a county in England is an honorable office , but it is not a profitable one . It is rather expensive , and therefore not sought for . But yet it is executed , and well executed , and usually by some of the ...
... opinion . The high sheriff of a county in England is an honorable office , but it is not a profitable one . It is rather expensive , and therefore not sought for . But yet it is executed , and well executed , and usually by some of the ...
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