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Page ii
... civil wisdom to inferior persons ; which was doubtless the notion Plato entertained of poets , when he banished them his commonwealth as advocates of tyranny . But Milton , nurtured from the cradle in noble sentiments , had formed a ...
... civil wisdom to inferior persons ; which was doubtless the notion Plato entertained of poets , when he banished them his commonwealth as advocates of tyranny . But Milton , nurtured from the cradle in noble sentiments , had formed a ...
Page iii
... civil precedence was obtained on other grounds than virtue and public services . He saw not , nor is it very clear what useful or worthy purpose could be served by con- sidering the religious , the learned , the able , inferior in the ...
... civil precedence was obtained on other grounds than virtue and public services . He saw not , nor is it very clear what useful or worthy purpose could be served by con- sidering the religious , the learned , the able , inferior in the ...
Page xii
... civil society . With the patience and calmness of a good man hoping to reclaim the partner chance had brought him , he long bore with her perverse- ness , beseeching her , again and again , to return to her home . His prayers were ...
... civil society . With the patience and calmness of a good man hoping to reclaim the partner chance had brought him , he long bore with her perverse- ness , beseeching her , again and again , to return to her home . His prayers were ...
Page xxi
... civil war , he overwhelms with abhorrence , inferior only to that which he pours upon tyranny , the parent of all the worst evils that afflict society . Properly to serve God , or perform his duties towards mortals , he maintains that ...
... civil war , he overwhelms with abhorrence , inferior only to that which he pours upon tyranny , the parent of all the worst evils that afflict society . Properly to serve God , or perform his duties towards mortals , he maintains that ...
Page xxiv
... civil and religious instruction for their chil- dren , and elevate them to that mental condition in which they may , with safety to themselves , and to the state , exercise all the rights of freemen . For services of this kind the ...
... civil and religious instruction for their chil- dren , and elevate them to that mental condition in which they may , with safety to themselves , and to the state , exercise all the rights of freemen . For services of this kind the ...
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