Reflections on the Revolution in FranceDent, 1971 - 369 |
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... thing too much of course . If rare merit be the rarest of all rare things , it ought to pass through some sort of probation . The temple of honour ought to be seated on an eminence . If it be opened through virtue , let it be remembered ...
... thing too much of course . If rare merit be the rarest of all rare things , it ought to pass through some sort of probation . The temple of honour ought to be seated on an eminence . If it be opened through virtue , let it be remembered ...
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... things , nor do they violently hate them . Wisdom is not the most severe corrector of folly . They are the rival follies , which mutually wage so unrelenting a war ; and which make so cruel a use of their advantages , as they can happen ...
... things , nor do they violently hate them . Wisdom is not the most severe corrector of folly . They are the rival follies , which mutually wage so unrelenting a war ; and which make so cruel a use of their advantages , as they can happen ...
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... things the most delusive . Prudence in new cases can do nothing on grounds of retrospect . A constant vigilance and attention to the train of things as they successively emerge , and to act on what they direct , are the only sure ...
... things the most delusive . Prudence in new cases can do nothing on grounds of retrospect . A constant vigilance and attention to the train of things as they successively emerge , and to act on what they direct , are the only sure ...
Spis treści
A LETTER FROM MR BURKE TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL | 3 |
THOUGHTS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS | 285 |
NOTES TO REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE | 331 |
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Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke,Alan Wolfe,Darrin M. McMahon,Conor Cruise O'Brien,Jack N. Rakove Podgląd niedostępny - 2003 |
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