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Page 34
... equally secure . If it levels distinctions among men , it levels upward , not downward ; it elevates the low , elevates them in mind and in conduct ; and so far as it brings down the high , it brings down 34 INTRODUCTORY LECTURE .
... equally secure . If it levels distinctions among men , it levels upward , not downward ; it elevates the low , elevates them in mind and in conduct ; and so far as it brings down the high , it brings down 34 INTRODUCTORY LECTURE .
Page 41
... equally in the favor of the State , and must all depend equal- ly on ourselves for favor among the people . We find it also in the enlarged munificence and in- creased activity with which our churches act , for the spread of the Gospel ...
... equally in the favor of the State , and must all depend equal- ly on ourselves for favor among the people . We find it also in the enlarged munificence and in- creased activity with which our churches act , for the spread of the Gospel ...
Page 45
... equally belong to that race of the human family by whose labors truth and righteousness are soon to be spread through the earth . The man is a poor interpreter of “ the signs of the times , " who has not learnt that to England and ...
... equally belong to that race of the human family by whose labors truth and righteousness are soon to be spread through the earth . The man is a poor interpreter of “ the signs of the times , " who has not learnt that to England and ...
Page 52
... showing themselves possessed of laws which secured to them every blessing of civil freedom , which so combined the various powers of the state as equally to secure the rights of the weak and the strong , the 52 SECOND LECTURE .
... showing themselves possessed of laws which secured to them every blessing of civil freedom , which so combined the various powers of the state as equally to secure the rights of the weak and the strong , the 52 SECOND LECTURE .
Page 54
... equally free . In like manner also , a govern- ment may be varied so as to meet the various pur- suits and interests of different nations , and yet pre- serve all that enters into a true perception of public freedom . A community that ...
... equally free . In like manner also , a govern- ment may be varied so as to meet the various pur- suits and interests of different nations , and yet pre- serve all that enters into a true perception of public freedom . A community that ...
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