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... questions and he was not fond of adverting to first principles of public morality ; but affirmation of the natural law is implicit in all his works , and when he criticized radically — when he attacked at the roots such heinous systems ...
... questions and he was not fond of adverting to first principles of public morality ; but affirmation of the natural law is implicit in all his works , and when he criticized radically — when he attacked at the roots such heinous systems ...
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... question , mankind was subjected to many and great inconveniences . Want of union , want of mutual assistance , want of a common arbitrator to resort to in their differ- ences . These were evils which they could not but. Early Writings 55.
... question , mankind was subjected to many and great inconveniences . Want of union , want of mutual assistance , want of a common arbitrator to resort to in their differ- ences . These were evils which they could not but. Early Writings 55.
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... question , I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature , which will cause innumerable broils , place men in what situation you please ; but owning this , I still in- sist in charging it to political regulations ...
... question , I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature , which will cause innumerable broils , place men in what situation you please ; but owning this , I still in- sist in charging it to political regulations ...
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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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