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When Burke's pen touched paper, invariably something magical and enduring happened, because the political wisdom of the greatest Whig statesman made even the most mundane subjects come alive with human significance.
When Burke's pen touched paper, invariably something magical and enduring happened, because the political wisdom of the greatest Whig statesman made even the most mundane subjects come alive with human significance.
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... tribute to great lawyers and the law: "The law ... is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning Introduction 7.
... tribute to great lawyers and the law: "The law ... is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning Introduction 7.
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In this he saw the inscrutable hand of Divine intervention in human affairs, and in Thoughts on French Affairs (1791), he wrote one of his most memorable passages accepting this fact: "If a great change Introduction 27.
In this he saw the inscrutable hand of Divine intervention in human affairs, and in Thoughts on French Affairs (1791), he wrote one of his most memorable passages accepting this fact: "If a great change Introduction 27.
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most memorable passages accepting this fact: "If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will be fitted to it, the general opinions and feelings will draw that way. Every fear, every hope, will forward it; ...
most memorable passages accepting this fact: "If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will be fitted to it, the general opinions and feelings will draw that way. Every fear, every hope, will forward it; ...
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was not because he had rejected moral absolutes, as Morley assumed, but because for Burke, as for Aristotle, transcendental moral truths possess reality only in so far as they are immanent in human affairs, and self-evident to right ...
was not because he had rejected moral absolutes, as Morley assumed, but because for Burke, as for Aristotle, transcendental moral truths possess reality only in so far as they are immanent in human affairs, and self-evident to right ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 19 | |
| 47 | |
An Abridgment of English History 1757 | 76 |
Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register | 104 |
A Short Account of a Late Short Administration 1766 | 117 |
Speech on Conciliation 1775 | 176 |
Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol 1777 | 223 |
Tract on the Popery Laws 1765 | 253 |
A Letter to a Peer of Ireland 1782 | 274 |
A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe 1792 | 288 |
A Letter to Richard Burke 1793 | 320 |
A Letter to William Smith 1795 | 330 |
Speech on Economical Reform 1780 | 341 |
Speech on the Middlesex Election 1771 | 363 |
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| Title | Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Peter James Stanlis |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 141282222X, 9781412822220 |
| Length | 585 pages |
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