Reflections on the Revolution in FranceAnchor Press/Doubleday, 1973 - 515 Published in 1790, two years before the start of the Terror, this work offered a remarkably prescient view of the chaos that lay ahead. A classic of political science and a cornerstone of modern conservative thought, it articulates a defense of property, religion, and traditional values that resonates with modern readers. |
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... give action to that reason , and an affection which will give it permanence . Prejudice is of ready application in the emergency ; it pre- viously engages the mind in a steady course of wisdom and virtue , and does not leave the man ...
... give action to that reason , and an affection which will give it permanence . Prejudice is of ready application in the emergency ; it pre- viously engages the mind in a steady course of wisdom and virtue , and does not leave the man ...
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... give it stability , and of those instruments which can alone give it circulation . When the Anabaptists of Munster , in the sixteenth cen- tury , had filled Germany with confusion by their system of levelling and their wild opinions ...
... give it stability , and of those instruments which can alone give it circulation . When the Anabaptists of Munster , in the sixteenth cen- tury , had filled Germany with confusion by their system of levelling and their wild opinions ...
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... give suffi- cient security against this intrigue . As every thing which passes in the world becomes matter for history , I will now quit this subject , and take a concise review of the state of parties and politics in England , as Mr ...
... give suffi- cient security against this intrigue . As every thing which passes in the world becomes matter for history , I will now quit this subject , and take a concise review of the state of parties and politics in England , as Mr ...
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