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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... ground of reputation , and their departure from them a ground of disgrace and even of pen- alty - I am sure it is unjust in legislature , by an arbitrary act , to offer a sudden violence to their minds and their feelings ; forcibly to ...
... ground of reputation , and their departure from them a ground of disgrace and even of pen- alty - I am sure it is unjust in legislature , by an arbitrary act , to offer a sudden violence to their minds and their feelings ; forcibly to ...
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... ground . The old one has fallen through . It must now take the substantial ground of character , instead of the chimerical ground of titles ; and they have brought their titles to the altar , and made of them a burnt - offering to ...
... ground . The old one has fallen through . It must now take the substantial ground of character , instead of the chimerical ground of titles ; and they have brought their titles to the altar , and made of them a burnt - offering to ...
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... ground ; but the fact is , they both took hereditary ground , and Mr. Pitt took the worst of the two . What is called the Parliament is made up of two Houses ; one of which is more hereditary , and more beyond the con- trol of the ...
... ground ; but the fact is , they both took hereditary ground , and Mr. Pitt took the worst of the two . What is called the Parliament is made up of two Houses ; one of which is more hereditary , and more beyond the con- trol of the ...
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