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... matter by placing it in various relations . " Johnson admired Burke's sheer weight of knowledge and " the ebul- lition of his mind . " Johnson noted that " his stream of mind is per- petual . He talks not from a desire to excel , but ...
... matter by placing it in various relations . " Johnson admired Burke's sheer weight of knowledge and " the ebul- lition of his mind . " Johnson noted that " his stream of mind is per- petual . He talks not from a desire to excel , but ...
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... matter of empirical observation and rational analysis , and wholly disconnected from any legal or ethical principles . Professor Weaver interprets Burke's principle of political prudence in the same way as Morley and Lord Acton , both ...
... matter of empirical observation and rational analysis , and wholly disconnected from any legal or ethical principles . Professor Weaver interprets Burke's principle of political prudence in the same way as Morley and Lord Acton , both ...
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... matter of moral prudence , " because " moral necessity is not like metaphysical , or even physical . " Tyranny was a more common abuse in government than usurpation , he believed , because even under legitimate legislatures , " if rules ...
... matter of moral prudence , " because " moral necessity is not like metaphysical , or even physical . " Tyranny was a more common abuse in government than usurpation , he believed , because even under legitimate legislatures , " if rules ...
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... matter , and which requires a great variety of considerations , is to be made ; when we must seek in a profound ... matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what would become of the world , if the practice of all moral ...
... matter , and which requires a great variety of considerations , is to be made ; when we must seek in a profound ... matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what would become of the world , if the practice of all moral ...
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... matter enough to fill ten pages . . . The glaring side is that of enmity . War is the matter which fills all history , and consequently the only or almost the only view in which we can see the external of political society is in a hos ...
... matter enough to fill ten pages . . . The glaring side is that of enmity . War is the matter which fills all history , and consequently the only or almost the only view in which we can see the external of political society is in a hos ...
Contents
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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 |
IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION | 251 |
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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