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...tic comedy. He certainly inspired that fine genius. 10 An Essay on Comedy Politically it is accounted a misfortune for France that her nobles thronge... ...s built on it, which is hopeful so far; but to enjoy it, to enter into the philosophy of the Broad Grin, that seems to hesitate between the skull and ... ...te of dense cohesion, very desirable in the estimation of the statesman. A political Aristophanes, taking advantage of his lyrical Bacchic licence, wa... ...s, taking advantage of his lyrical Bacchic licence, was found too much for political Athens. I would not ask to have him revived, but that the sharp l... ...He had the Comic poet’s gift of common-sense—which does not always include political intelligence; yet his political tendency raised him above the Old... ...te, as he calls himself, was a Titanic pamphleteer, using laughter for his political weapon; a laughter without scruple, the laughter of Hercules. He ... ...n anti-social position, which is directly opposed to the Comic; and in his philosophy, judged by philosophers, he is a comic figure, by reason of this... ...They are kings in music, we may say princes in poetry, good speculators in philosophy, and our leaders in scholarship. That so gifted a race, possesse...

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...n whom he leads by the hand; a horrid image of justice. There are rules in philosophy that are both false and weak. The example that is proposed to us... ... manity, nay , even the tenderest and most delicate in the whole school of philosophy, to the roughest and most violent hu- man actions. Was it nature... ...ial. I propose a life ordinary and without lustre: ’tis all one; all moral philosophy may as well be applied to a common and private life, as to one o... ...ke themselves. They may also abstract several commodities from history. In philosophy, out of the moral part of it, they may select such instructions ... ...nei- ther did I make choice of any of those methods of consola- tion which philosophy prescribes: that what we complain of is no evil, according to Cl... ...ommodate his desires to his fortune, and satisfy himself with what he had; political philosophy may to much purpose condemn the meanness and sterility... ...eive also the little means I have to supply it; and Plato, a master in all political government himself, nevertheless took care to abstain from it), a...

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...s apotheosis at the Theatre-Francais but the triumph of eighteenth century philosophy? A tri- umph in France means that everybody else feels that he i... ...in under-plot of his was useless now, and even dangerous to a man with his political ambitions. He had laid the founda- tions of his future importance... ... man, young and ambitious, and a priest to boot. He wanted to enter upon a political career, so he fawned on the Queen’s favorite; the favorite took a... ...s reunited would be ruling the world to-day, and the islands that now brew political storms for the conti- nent would be French provinces? … Why, have... ... merchant, usurer, pastry-cook, farmer, and shepherd. So in France systems political and moral have started from one point and reached another diametr... ...f; what else is the religion of your Charter that will not recognize a man politically unless he owns property? What is this but the com- mand, ‘Striv...

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...Phiz. The phrase was con sidered as giving a highly favorable aspect to his political prospects; for, as is likewise the case with the Popedom, no b... ... of peaceful sway. The inferior members of the court party, in times of high political excitement, led scarcely a more desirable life. These remarks m...

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... would possibly be better, for a time, to be upon that footing, apart from political considerations. ‘I was very sure my brother would apprehend your ... ... ‘Well, sir !’ he observed, as one whom mental conflict has brought to the philosophy of the case, ‘now, was we to change places, I couldn’t a’ done i... ...ous pow- ers who have to do with us. Apart from its eloquent and consoling philosophy, the pic- ture is pleasant. You see two rows of shoulders resolu... ... On the other side of me sat my pet diplomatist, and I gave him one or two political secrets which astonished him. Of course, my dear, I was wheedled ... ... Shorne, had not her ladyship been so firmly established in her phlegmatic philosophy. She said: ‘Quelle enfantillage! I dare say Rose was at the bott... ...anished from her. Rose, the tameless heroine who had once put her mother’s philosophy in action, was the easiest filly that turbaned matron ever yet d... ...hen that the Countess’s conduct proved a memo- rable refutation of cynical philosophy: she rejoiced in the good fortune of him who had offended her! T...

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...line, I shall be pleased. Yours with respect, A. LINCOLN. 1846 REQUEST FOR POLITICAL SUPPORT TO Dr. ROBERT BOAL. SPRINGFIELD, January 7, 1846. Dr. ROB... ...rom which I believe the two former banks to have been free. YOUNG v.s. OLD—POLITICAL JEAL- OUSY TO W. H. HERNDON. WASHINGTON, July 10, 1848. DEAR WILL... ...ry hero. While I have General Cass in hand, I wish to say a word about his political principles. As a specimen, I take the 83 The Writings of Abraham... ...all must consent and agree, when it was clearly the intention and the true philosophy of our gov- ernment, that in Congress all opinions and principle... ...e desired to say. 99 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two ON FEDERAL POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. WASHINGTON, March ... ...st respect- fully ask to be heard. Your obedient servant, A. LINCOLN. MORE POLITICAL PATRONAGE REQUESTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. W ASHINGTON, March ...

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................................................... 330 BOOK IV OF SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY ...................................................... 34... ... the society; yet they have given occasion to very dif- ferent theories of political economy; of which some magnify the importance of that industry wh... ...liar tribe or class of philosophers; and this subdivision of employment in philosophy, as well as in every other business, improve dexterity, and save... ...ceeds to a great fortune, does not necessarily ac- quire or succeed to any political power, either civil or military. His fortune may, perhaps, afford... ...urn’s History of the Poor Laws.}. In 1688, Mr Gregory King, whose skill in political arith- metic is so much extolled by Dr Davenant, computed the ord... ...nd workmen of different kinds, make up the far greater part of every great political society. But what improves the circumstances of the greater part,... ...fession of physic; a still greater, perhaps, in that of law; in poetry and philosophy it makes almost the whole. There are some very agreeable and bea... ...or 457 Adam Smith in their establishment, yet all the arts of refinement, philosophy, poetry, and eloquence, seem to have been cultivated as early, a... ...universities, therefore, that language was taught previous to the study of philosophy, and as soon as the student had made some progress in the Latin....

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... because there were so few of them, perhaps because they made little or no political pretension. In those days, besides, you could set up for a poet, ... ... Schmucke was fain to bury his chagrin beneath the flow- ers of his German philosophy; but a week later he grew so yellow that Mme. Cibot exerted her ... ...agnetism, one of the great sciences of antiquity, had its origin in occult philosophy; chemistry is the outcome of alchemy; phrenology and neurology a... ...s yet cannot account. The Catholic Church, the law of the land, and modern philosophy, in agreement for once, combined to prescribe, persecute, and ri... ... the adepts; the result is a lamentable interregnum of a century in occult philosophy. But the uneducated classes, and not a few cultivated people (wo... ..., a Pol- ish Jew, Abramko by name, once involved in a fabulous man- ner in political troubles, from which Elie Magus saved him as a business speculati... ...a wife after the pattern of Socrates’ spouse, and ungifted with the sage’s philosophy, he mingled salt with the corn in the man- gers and forbad the g... ...in the quar- ter; he would carry all the elections—municipal, military, or political. The boulevards seem short if, while you pace afoot, you mount yo... ...or sheep! you were made to 268 Cousin Pons be shorn,’ “ and he hummed the political squib by way of giving vent to his feelings. Then he rang for the...

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... division of the county of Barsetshire, which, as all the world knows, is, politically speaking, as true blue a county as any in England. There have b... ...ision of Barsetshire. But this Western Division can boast none of the fine political at- tributes which grace its twin brother. It is decidedly Whig, ... ... — what woman ever understood the necessity or recognised the advantage of political honesty? But then she was neither dull nor pompous, and if she wa... ...that she had married him on the specula- tion that he would at once become politically important; and as yet Mr Smith had not quite fulfilled the prop... ...trifling in themselves, which a man despises when he thinks of them in his philosophy, but to dispense with which puts is philosophy to so stern a pro... ...last crowned the earnest effort with which Harold Smith had carried on the political battle of his life for the last ten years. The late Lord Petty Ba...

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...ding and peripatetic reasons, or the author knows nothing of sound and the philosophy of Aristotle. He has on his side the crown of France and the ori... ...ings his Court was the most renowned in the countries of Europe. This fine political aspect was the result of the perfect agreement of the two men who... ...el was poor, was that a reason his under- standing should not be rich? His philosophy amused his cli- ents, to whom he would repeat, by way of thanks,...

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...ESSAYS ON SOME UNSETTLED QUESTIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY by JOHN STUART MILL 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 A PENN STATE... ...CTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill is a publication of the Penn- sylvani... ...electronic transmission, in any way. Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill, the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity,... .............................................71 ESSAY V: On the Definition of Political Economy; and on the Method of Investigation Proper to It............ ..................................93 4 Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy ESSAYS ON SOME UNSETTLED QUESTIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY b... ..., when he observed that the first principles of all sciences belong to the philosophy of the human mind. The observation is just; and the first princi... ...branches of knowledge. If we open any book, even of mathematics or natural philosophy, it is impossible not to be struck with the mistiness of what we... ... of being founded upon it. The science of mechanics, a branch of natu- ral philosophy, lays down the laws of motion, and the prop- erties of what are ... ...dge of the properties of the subject-matter: without this, it would not be philosophy, but empiricism; [Greek: empeiria,] not [Greek: technae,] in Pla...

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...ction and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force. If there be any truth in the... ...udged than that in- tolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties. For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to... ...ss the following interesting particulars: The utility of the union to your political prosperity The insufficiency of the present confederation to pres... ..., it certainly would not be wise in the people at large to adopt these new political tenets without being fully convinced that they are founded in tru... ... it. They formed it almost as 11 The Federalist Papers soon as they had a political existence; nay, at a time when their habitations were in flames, ... ...t variance with the natural conceptions which the mind, without the aid of philosophy, would be led to entertain upon the subject. The infinite divisi...

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... stamp, if one only goes properly about it. Of course I don’t speak of the political articles. Everybody knows how they are managed, since Dr. Moneype... ...‘Confessions of an Opium-eater’—fine, very fine!—glorious imagination—deep philosophy acute specula- tion—plenty of fire and fury, and a good spicing ... ...r. Is it not truly remarkable that, before the magnificent light shed upon philosophy by Humanity, the world was accustomed to regard War and Pes- til... ...OST NOTORIOUS ill-fortune must in the end yield to the untiring courage of philosophy—as the most stubborn city to the ceaseless vigilance of an enemy... ... might even have a tangible form. Most philoso- phers, upon many points of philosophy, are still very unphilosophical. William Godwin, however, says i... ...uch new light might be thrown upon a highly interesting branch of physical philosophy. To all this I am sorry that I cannot reply. A hint is the only ... ...cess in the fashionable extravagances of his time; or busying himself with political in- trigues; or aiming at ministerial power, or purchasing increa...

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...xton. A band- stand, an unfinished forum for religious, anti-religious and political orators, cricket pitches, a gymnasium, and an old fashioned stone... ...aying the organ has? I’ve never been in your church; but I’ve been to your political meetings; and I’ve seen you do what’s called rousing the meeting ...

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... To judge by quotations and allusions, his favourite of the classics was Horace, the chosen of the eighteenth century, and generally the voice of its philosophy in a prosperous country. His voyage from India gave him sight of Napoleon on the rocky island. In his young manhood he made his bow reverentially to Goethe of Weimar; which did not check his hand from setting its m...

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...race, the chosen of the eighteenth century, and generally the voice of its philosophy in a prosperous country. His voyage from India gave him sight of... ...magined in English hands? The braver exemplar for grappling with monstrous political tasks is Cavour, and he would not have hinted at the iron method ... ...e should prepare to start it cordially , cordially assist it. Thought- ful political minds regard the measure as a backward step; yet conceiving but a... ...ht to have found Italy in greatly different condition, both as regards her political and military posi- tion. Italy is, on the contrary, in exactly th... ... T o the simple private, who does not know of diplomatic imbroglios and of political considerations, this sudden retreat means an almost as sudden ret... ...ountry that the task has been accomplished. A talk on the present state of political affairs, and on the peculiar position of Italy, is the only subje...

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...e a dupe of me, even as he was seeking to make a dupe of himself, wresting philosophy to the needs of his own sorrow. But in the light of this new fac... ...s a contribution to the theory of life. So with the more icy parts of this philosophy of Thoreau’s. He was affecting the Spartan- ism he had not; and ... ... beyond, for which he had found or sought no formula, on which perhaps his philosophy even looked askance, is wanting in my study, as it was wanting i... ... in romance, that has since renewed and vivified history. For art precedes philosophy and even science. People must have noticed things and interested... ...s which arose from his sympathy with the great French Revolution. His only political feeling had been hith- erto a sentimental Jacobitism, not more or... ...domontade, but filled with living indignation, to de- clare his right to a political opinion, and his willingness to shed his blood for the political ... ... and between friends of the same sex, but in the field of the less intense political sympathies; and his ideal man must not only be a generous friend ... ...should prevail.” For his part, he would not “for an instant recognise that political organisation for his government which is the slave’s government a... ... thus did it come twice, though in a subaltern attitude, into the field of political history. NOTE. – For many facts in the above essay, among which I...

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...rallies broad support in the Arab and Muslim world by demanding redress of political grievances, but its hostility toward us and our values is limitle... ...he story of eccentric and violent ideas sprouting in the fertile ground of political and social turmoil. It is the story of an organization poised to ... ...c selectively draws from multiple sources—Islam, history, and the region’s political and economic malaise. He also stresses griev- ances against the U... ...a’s leaders said “desires death more than you desire life.” 15 History and Political Context Few fundamentalist movements in the Islamic world gained ... ...l Context Few fundamentalist movements in the Islamic world gained lasting political power. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, fundamentalists... ...”The authors expressed concern that “we have not fundamentally altered our philosophy or our approach” even though the terrorist threat had grown.They... ...were distrib- uted on specific topics.These included Bin Ladin’s political philosophy, his command of a global network, analysis of information from t...

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...goodness and glory of God. I may say that my first great les- sons in true philosophy were obtained in these lectures, where I learned to distinguish ... ...ed considerable commotion and disgust among us. Though very moderate in my political antipathies and predi- lections, I confess to some excitement in ... ...hief need not have blushed because estates were torn from her parents by a political convulsion that had overturned an an- cient and powerful throne. ... ...greatest importance to these ordinances, whatever they were, and fancied a political mil- lennium was near. The shop was frequented less than usual th... ...cts. I now mean legitimacy as connected with cause and effect, and nothing political or dynastic. By virtue of this power, I had not long been held in... ..., “is it ex- pected in this country that the wardrobe should entertain the political sentiments of its boss?” “I rather think not, unless it might be ...

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...t, his smile, the shedding of his rose-leaves, in short by his in- fantile philosophy. He imitates so well the language of our early youth that he lea... ...ure in a tightly buttoned frock-coat, with the air of a diplo- mat seeking political influence, smelling of the musk of aris- tocracy, full of pretens... ...never ceased tooting its one little tune.” Canalis’s ambition was to enter political life, and he made capital of a journey he had taken to Madrid as ... ...ant of a better. Attracted by the fame of Canalis, also by the prospect of political interest, and advised thereto by Madame d’Espard, who acted in th... ... sonorous elocution which is so useful and even necessary an instrument in political life. His cold-bloodedness touched at certain points on rectitude... ...Charles Mignon, addressing Canalis, “that you can even think of becoming a political character?” “It is abdication,” said Modeste, “for a poet; politi...

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... you must have come) was nothing but a slough at all seasons of the year. “Political events and revolutions had never reached this inaccessible countr... ...ought to deal with according to its des- serts. Here I have discovered its political necessity and its usefulness as a moral agent; here, moreover, I ... ...blish to-day. The principle of election made it for a long while the great political power. Except the Catholic Church, there was no single religious ... ...here is this difference,—the views of civilization held by our present-day philosophy seem to me to fade away before the sublime and divine concep- ti... ...are combined in religious dogma. It would be very difficult for any modern political system, however perfect people may think it, to work once more su... ...riters have called in question. In my opinion, a man who has thought out a political system, and who is conscious that he has within him the power of ... ...ring that time of mourning turned on loftier themes. The grandeur of pagan philosophy attracted me, and for a while I became a convert. In my efforts ... ...d penetrate further into the questions to which those old-world systems of philosophy had fur- nished solutions. “Epicurus permitted suicide. Was it n...

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...oles—ah!—capital fish—all come from London stage coach proprietors get up political dinners—carriage of soles— dozens of baskets—cunning fellows. Gla... ...AN IT IS PLEASANT TO TURN from contemplating the strife and turmoil of political existence, to the peaceful repose of pri vate life. Although in ... ...that,’ said a very red faced man, behind a cigar. After this little bit of philosophy there was another pause. ‘There’s rummer things than women in th... ...to ‘sterics; and he smokes wery comfortably till she comes to agin. That’s philosophy, Sir, ain’t it?’ ‘A very good substitute for it, at all events,’... ...e of sandwich bags, and awaited the return of the messengers, with all the philosophy and fortitude he could summon to his aid. An hour and a half ela...

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...eantime he was drawn into all the dissipations that arise from literary or political life, and he yielded to the temptations incurred by journalists b... ...ete, and without sufficient force to bear up against the rough jostling of political life, the struggles and sufferings of which confer no credit,—a b... ...ke of sacred principles. From the time of his return to the provinces this political manoeuvrer had an intimacy with a young man, overwhelmed with deb... ...icity given by the press to every trial, even the least important, whether political or individual. The system of the Imperial government was that of ... ...ied pair, and the young wife had occasion to know the depraved habits, the political and religious atheism and— shall I say the word?—the infamy of th... ...ay-scholar at the school of Louis-le-Grand, where he is nearly through his philosophy course, and only sixteen, too; that’s something to boast of! but...

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... of life. The lowest savage, no less than his more advanced brother, has a philosophy of the uni- verse by which he solves the world-problem to his ow... ...iety was divided only into two classes of men, the free and unfree, though political power was in the hands of the franklins alone; “godi” and thrall ...

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...ed. “As to the fellow’s escape,” said she, “it gives me no uneasiness; for philosophy and Christianity both preach up forgiveness of injuries. But for... ...hat—Not to be found! Where?” “La! brother,” said Mrs. Western, with true political cold ness, “you are always throwing yourself into such violent p... ...ed home, not highly pleased with his disappointment: which, how ever, the philosophy which he had acquired from Square, and the religion infused into... ...k and sleep, except only Mrs. Western, who was deeply engaged in reading a political pamphlet, and except our heroine, who now softly stole downstairs... ... a moderate heap of plays; and, for the last, an indifferent collection of political journals. To say the truth, I require no more than that a man s... ...imself with the apprehension of a thousand dreadful machinations, and deep political de signs, which he imagined to be at the bottom of the promo ti... ...is no hopes of my recovery. I have somewhere read, that the great use of philosophy is to learn to die. I will not therefore so far disgrace mine, a... ...en till very lately that I could, with truth, call myself so. The pride of Philosophy had intoxicated my reason, and the sublimest of all wisdom appea...

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...spoiling uncle you will be! But now, having heard you reason yourself into philosophy, I’ll leave you to write. We were so anxious, that I could not h... ... colour, but appearing quite well, in better spirits, and very eager about political affairs. All would have been right that summer, but that, as Phil...

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...at affairs of State had not confined his opportunities of intellectual and political training to private conversation and to the Mermaid Tavern, he wo... ...s base persons whose clothes were greasy, whose breath was rank, and whose political imbecility and caprice moved Coriolanus to say to the Roman Radic... ... words to thee will flatter Beneath abhorring. But let us be honest. As political sentiments these lines are an abomination to every democrat. But ... ...these lines are an abomination to every democrat. But suppose they are not political sentiments! Suppose they are merely a record of observed fact. Jo... ...the question. Surely the real test, not of Democracy, which was not a live political issue in Shakespear’s time, but of impartiality in judg- ing clas...

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...opu- lar accomplishments. Had the standard of the public taste been set in philosophy, and the national enthusiasm centred in philosophers, he would a... ... and Conservative, Miss Middleton.” “I have not a head for politics.” “The political heads I have seen would tempt me to that opinion.” 174 The Egois... ...ruit of temperance, he had a com- fortable pride in his digestion, and his political sentiments were attuned by his veneration of the Powers rewarding... ..., justly relieving a father. With demagogues abroad and daughters at home, philosophy is needed for us to keep erect. Let the girl be Cicero’s T ullia... ...ne is poison. Let that pass—I should rather say, let it not pass!— but our political views are not in accord. True, we are not under the obligation to... ...d the second time it will be entirely his own fault. Inspire him with some philosophy.” “I have none.” “I if I thought so, I would say you have better... ....” “I if I thought so, I would say you have better. There are two kinds of philosophy, mine and yours. Mine comes of coldness, yours of devotion.” “He... ...Her countenance cleared. She conversed with De Craye of the polite and the political world, throwing off her personal burden completely, and charming ... ...speak?” “Of Switzerland, Tyrol, the Iliad, Antigone.” “That was all?” “No, Political Economy. Our situation, you will own, was unexampled: or mine was...

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...hington, a prestige suffi- cient to bind his successors to his wishes. The political leaders of the country have done what they could for Washington. ... ...fused to back the general’s choice. New York and Philadelphia, without any political power, have become great among the cities of the earth. They are ... ... no politi- cal power, as power is counted in the States. They vote for no political officer, not even for the President, and return no member to Cong... ...Parliament the House of Commons has greater po- litical strength and wider political action than the House of Lords; but in Congress the Senate counts... ...and rebellion, as Naples has lately succeeded in her attempt to change her political status; as Hungary is looking to do; as Poland has been seeking t... ...ever, gradually adopted the policy of Jefferson—his policy rather than his philosophy. 190 North America V ol. 2 tained the consent of the people, wa... ... up to the “Civilization.” As a rule, they are generally up to “Proverbial Philosophy,” and this, perhaps, may have had something to do with the great... ...you like our institutions, sir? Do you find that philan- thropy, religion, philosophy and the social virtues are cul- tivated on a scale commensurate ...

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... two ways. First, by obtaining a recognition of certain immu nities, called political liberties or rights, which it was to be regarded as a breach of... ...ircumstances which for a time encouraged it had continued unaltered. But, in political and philosophical theories, as well On Liberty — Mill 5 as in... ...democracy is adverse, has had no difficulty in es tablishing itself; and in political speculations “the tyranny of the majority” is now generally inc... ...rannizing are not restricted to the acts which it may do by the hands of its political functionaries. Society can and does execute its own mandates: a... ...o meddle, it practises a social tyranny more formi dable than many kinds of political oppression, since, though not usually upheld by such extreme pe... ...maestri di color che sanno ,” the two headsprings of ethical as of all other philosophy . This acknowl edged master of all the eminent thinkers who h... ...s ever by our treatment of them. Socrates was put to death, but the Socratic philosophy rose like the sun in heaven, and spread its illumination over ... ...ance to be struck between two sets of con flicting reasons. Even in natural philosophy, there is always some other explanation possible of the same f... ...ion. They were essentially a negative dis cussion of the great questions of philosophy and life, directed with consummate skill to the purpose of con...

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... conversation going, now relating the latest town news, and now the latest political gossip. Lopukhin and the old general occasionally took part in th... ... and Peace – Book Eight that no one approved of what was being done in the political world. Incidents were related evidently confirming the opinion th... ...might touch the sovereign himself. At dinner the talk turned on the latest political news: Napoleon’s seizure of the Duke of Oldenburg’s territory, an... ...Peace of Tilsit. “We ought not to fight either for or against Austria. Our political interests are all in the East, and in regard to Bonaparte the onl...

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...erious news and replacing it by vapid tittle- tattle, and substituting for political articles informed by at least some pretence of knowledge of econo... ...ze marriage. The common notion that the existing forms of marriage are not political contriv- ances, but sacred ethical obligations to which everythin... ...be ruled by such public opinion as that, she would have been wiped off the political map long ago. The modern notion that democracy means governing a ... ...t the test of its effect on human welfare. THE SCIENCE AND ART OF POLITICS Political Science means nothing else than the devizing of the best ways of ... ... a cipher except for the pur- poses of a petulantly irreligious social and political club. Democracy as to the thing to be done may be inevitable (hen...

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... at least, not opposing attitude– or, shortly, to a man who is of Christ’s philosophy– every such saying should come home with a thrill of joy and cor... ...s and through a great sea of tedium, steers this mortal bark. There may be political wisdom in such a view; but I am persuaded there can spring no gre... ...as continually move, but not by measurable marches on a stable course; the political soil itself steals forth by imperceptible degrees, like a travell... ...eptible degrees, like a travelling glacier, carrying on its bosom not only political parties but their flag-posts and cantonments; so that what appear... ... see a peaceable and blindfold evolution, the work of dull men immersed in political tactics and dead to political results. The principal scene of thi... ...e with determined views– roues in speculation– having gauged the vanity of philosophy or learned to shun it as the middle- man of heresy– a company of... ...nion’ at Cambridge or the ‘Union’ at Oxford. COLLEGE PAPERS CHAPTER IV–THE PHILOSOPHY OF UMBRELLAS* I T IS WONDERFUL to think what a turn has been giv... ...manufacture of the article. 103 Lay Morals COLLEGE PAPERS CHAPTER V – THE PHILOSOPHY OF NOMENCLATURE ‘How many Caesars and Pompeys, by mere inspirati... ...e died, and become famil- iar with these distant friends. At last, in some political trouble, he is banished to the very place of his dreams. He arriv...

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...ingle with yon springalds and beaux.” “To vaunt a knowledge of the stoical philosophy,” said the youth addressed as Sam, “might elicit a smile of incr... ...entertainer, when he put this question to her, “than are dreamt of in your philosophy:” and, sooth to say, the archer was by this time in such a state... ...caping thence to England, was, under pretence of debt, but in reality from political hatred, imprisoned there also in the Tower of London. He must not... ...ge to the Duke of Bordeaux. They were followed, according to their several political predilections, by the vari- ous Ministers and dignitaries of the ... ...rates wonderful reverses of fortune; it affords the moralist scope for his philosophy; perhaps it gives amusement to the merely idle reader. Nor must ...

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...ur attitude towards the contending parties (I mean our moral attitude, for politically there was no other course open to us than neutrality) has not b... ... any persons, as organs of the will of the people, to dispose of the whole political existence of a country, I ask to see whether their credentials ar...

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...ffered in a manner unex pected.* One of the pieces in our newspaper on some political point, which I have now forgotten, gave offense to the Assembly... ...ving his books, which were a pretty col lection of mathematicks and natural philosophy, to come with mine and me to New York, where he propos’d to wa... ...d produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Poli tics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss’d by the company; and once in three months prod... ... much originality as if you had been conducting discus sions in politics or philosophy; and what more worthy of experiments and system (its importanc... ... found useful, and flour ishes to this day; and I do not remember any of my political manoeuvres, the success of which gave me at the time more The A... ...ation of my improvements and discov eries in the electric branch of natural philosophy. In 1754, war with France being again apprehended, a con gres... ...merica. My plan, with my reasons in sup port of it, is to be found among my political papers that are printed. Being the winter following in Boston, ... ...ted at Paris. The publication offended the Abbe Nollet, preceptor in Natural Philosophy to the royal family, and an able experimenter, who had form’d ... ... old friend Jas. Ralph was still alive; that he was esteem’d one of the best political writers in England; had been employ’d in the dispute between Pr...

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... a bare name be thus influential on the minds and affections of men, and a political aggregation blind them to the nature of facts? The story of the A... ...ent; and soon after the time of which I write, he made a showy speech at a political dinner, was cried up to heaven next day in the Courant, and the d... ...er by words, but by the instancing of whole biographies, epics, systems of philosophy, and epochs of history, in bulk. That which is understood excels... ...oment he transmigrates, dons the required character, and with moon- struck philosophy justifies the act in question. I can fancy nothing to compare wi... ...men than increase of knowl- edge or clarity of thought. The drama, not the philosophy, of life is the sphere of their intellectual activity. Even when...