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... minds of abler and more accomplished men to develope it at greater length and to more ' perfection . The tradition that Divine authority was requisite to establish laws , or a government of laws over INTRODUCTORY LECTURE . 15.
... minds of abler and more accomplished men to develope it at greater length and to more ' perfection . The tradition that Divine authority was requisite to establish laws , or a government of laws over INTRODUCTORY LECTURE . 15.
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... minds , who look on the future both abroad and at home with much anxiety . " Upon the earth there is distress of nations , with perplexity , men's hearts failing them for fear , and for looking after those things that are coming upon ...
... minds , who look on the future both abroad and at home with much anxiety . " Upon the earth there is distress of nations , with perplexity , men's hearts failing them for fear , and for looking after those things that are coming upon ...
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... minds of her people were as stagnant as the waters in her boundless marshes . There was no nerve in the national arm to bridle the waves of the ocean from overflowing her shores ; there were no fleets issuing from her ports to come back ...
... minds of her people were as stagnant as the waters in her boundless marshes . There was no nerve in the national arm to bridle the waves of the ocean from overflowing her shores ; there were no fleets issuing from her ports to come back ...
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... 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 .
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... mind of every man is acting on the mind of his neighbor , thus stimulating the faculties of both to accomplish new objects and make new discoveries in the still unexplored regions of nature and of art . In illustration of this quick ...
... mind of every man is acting on the mind of his neighbor , thus stimulating the faculties of both to accomplish new objects and make new discoveries in the still unexplored regions of nature and of art . In illustration of this quick ...
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