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... thought to have an important bearing on the political revolutions then and still in progress ; and , out of defer- ence to the request of many for whose judg- ment and wishes I feel a high respect , I have decided to publish them in a ...
... thought to have an important bearing on the political revolutions then and still in progress ; and , out of defer- ence to the request of many for whose judg- ment and wishes I feel a high respect , I have decided to publish them in a ...
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... thought is free and untrammelled . Mere statute law is comparatively powerless , if public opinion is against it . Civil liberty , too , even if achieved to - day , may be lost to- morrow , unless there is accompanying it a sound public ...
... thought is free and untrammelled . Mere statute law is comparatively powerless , if public opinion is against it . Civil liberty , too , even if achieved to - day , may be lost to- morrow , unless there is accompanying it a sound public ...
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... thought and the rulers of men . " Un- less correct and rational views are entertained on the subject , every device for the amelioration of our race , and especially for their political ad- vantage or advancement , must be perpetually ...
... thought and the rulers of men . " Un- less correct and rational views are entertained on the subject , every device for the amelioration of our race , and especially for their political ad- vantage or advancement , must be perpetually ...
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... thought , and new standards of right , before men can appre- ciate the value , understand the responsibilities or discharge the duties of civil freedom . If they grasp after it without such a preparation for it , they are grasping after ...
... thought , and new standards of right , before men can appre- ciate the value , understand the responsibilities or discharge the duties of civil freedom . If they grasp after it without such a preparation for it , they are grasping after ...
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... thought can become so beaten , and the mind so worn into them , that it can see nothing beyond them ; and if you would give a man new and improved views , you must take him where he can overlook the barriers that once confined his ...
... thought can become so beaten , and the mind so worn into them , that it can see nothing beyond them ; and if you would give a man new and improved views , you must take him where he can overlook the barriers that once confined his ...
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