Controversial lettersA. Strahan, 1865 |
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... human race could do nothing better than commit suicide in mass ; but I have over and over again thought , and said , and written , from boyhood up , -that if the case I have just been putting were possible ; if , that is , Truth be not ...
... human race could do nothing better than commit suicide in mass ; but I have over and over again thought , and said , and written , from boyhood up , -that if the case I have just been putting were possible ; if , that is , Truth be not ...
Strona 10
... human beings but in so far as it is either in itself pleasurable , or a means of at- taining pleasure , or averting pain . But if this be true , the principle of utility is proved . " These are your words upon page 60 of the treatise on ...
... human beings but in so far as it is either in itself pleasurable , or a means of at- taining pleasure , or averting pain . But if this be true , the principle of utility is proved . " These are your words upon page 60 of the treatise on ...
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... human happiness is essential to virtue . If it is not , I may claim that it be rejected , and that we may read your proposition without it . The latter alternative is the one which I shall adopt ; because I think the word must have ...
... human happiness is essential to virtue . If it is not , I may claim that it be rejected , and that we may read your proposition without it . The latter alternative is the one which I shall adopt ; because I think the word must have ...
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... human happiness and contributing " wor- thily " to human happiness , you give up your own case and admit mine . However , to proceed with the discussion . Let me begin by asking the question , Is the motive of heroic self - sacrifice ...
... human happiness and contributing " wor- thily " to human happiness , you give up your own case and admit mine . However , to proceed with the discussion . Let me begin by asking the question , Is the motive of heroic self - sacrifice ...
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... human race . But pray note the two words which are put in italics in the last sentence . The principle , or opinion upon which a martyr may have founded the course of con- duct that brings him to the stake , is one thing ; the force ...
... human race . But pray note the two words which are put in italics in the last sentence . The principle , or opinion upon which a martyr may have founded the course of con- duct that brings him to the stake , is one thing ; the force ...
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