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" But does it, after all, characterise any community among us ? Is there any one to which a qualified observer shall point, and say, There opinion is free ? On the contrary, is it not a fact, a sad and deplorable fact, that in no land on this earth is the... "
Society in America - Page 199
by Harriet Martineau - 1837
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Tracts of the American Unitarian Association

Tracts - 1836 - 344 pages
...vain-glorious reiteration. But does it after all, characterize any community among us ? Is there anyone to which a qualified observer shall point, and say,...Public Opinion has set up a despotism, such as exists no where else ?j Public Opinion — a tyrant, sitting in the dark, wrapt lup in mystification and vague...
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The Christian Teacher, Volume 1

England - 1835 - 802 pages
...supreme and unbending law of God? I think not. Liberty of thought and opinion is strenuously proclaimed ; in this proud land it has become almost a wearisome...public opinion has set up a despotism such as exists no where else ? Public opinion! — a tyrant, sitting in the dark, wrapt up in mystification and vague...
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The Western Messenger: Devoted to Religion, Life, and Literature, Volume 1

1836 - 708 pages
...the vapid and vain-glorious reiteration. But does it after all, characterize any community among «<? Is there any one to which a qualified observer shall...that here what we call Public Opinion has set up a despotiem,such as exists no where else'! Public Opinion — a tyrant, sitting in the dark, wrapt up...
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A Comparative View of the Constitutions of Great Britain and the United ...

Peter Freeland Aiken - Great Britain - 1842 - 206 pages
...fashionable or refined. We speak without force, because not true to our own convictions." -DR. CHANNING. "Liberty of thought and opinion is strenuously maintained...public opinion has set up a despotism such as exists no where else ?" — Sober Thoughts on the State of the Time*.— Boston, 1835. restraints, the human...
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A Comparative View of the Constitutions of Great Britain and the United ...

Peter Freeland Aiken - Constitutional law - 1842 - 208 pages
...land, it has become almost a wearisome cant; our speeches and journals—religious and political—are made nauseous by the vapid and vain-glorious reiteration....public opinion has set up a despotism such as exists no where else ?"—Sober Thoughts on the State of the Times.—Boston, 1835. restraints, the human...
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A Comparative View of the Constitutions of Great Britain and the United ...

Peter Freeland Aiken - Constitutional law - 1842 - 212 pages
...observer shall point and say, there opinion is free ? On the contrary, is it not a fact, a sad aud deplorable fact, that in no land on this earth is...public opinion has set up a despotism such as exists no where else ?"—Sober Thoughts on the State of the Times.— Boston, 1835. restraints, the human...
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History of Europe (from 1789 to 1815).

sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1842 - 1130 pages
...i V \" \ p I that in no country on earth is the mind more fettered than it is here ; what is called public opinion has set up a despotism such as exists nowhere else — public opinion, sitting in the dark, wrapt up in mystification and vague terrors of obscurity, deriving power no one...
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The Works of Henry Ware, Jr: Miscellaneous writings

Henry Ware - 1846 - 814 pages
...are made nauseous by the vapid and vain-glorious reiteration. But does it, after all, characterize any community among us? Is there any one to which...Public opinion — a tyrant, sitting in the dark, wrapped up in mystification and vague terrors of obscurity ; deriving power no one knows from whom...
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History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC ...

Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1855 - 442 pages
...deplorable fact, that in 110 country on earth is the mind more fettered than it is here ; what is called public opinion has set up a despotism such as exists nowhere else — public opinion, sitting in the dark, wrapt up in mystification and vague terrors of obscurity, deriving power no one...
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History of Europe (from 1789 to 1815). 12 vols. [and] Index vol, Volume 12

sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1855 - 670 pages
...deplorable fact, that in no country on earth is the mind more fettered than it is here ; what is called public opinion has set up a despotism such as exists nowhere else — public opinion, sitting in the dark, wrapt up in mystification and vague terrors of obscurity, deriving power no one...
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