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... society ; if letters are the great hope of its advancement , and the only effectual security against its return to barbarism and wretchedness ; what do we not owe to this now scattered , but once concentrated and enlightened peo- ple ...
... society ; if letters are the great hope of its advancement , and the only effectual security against its return to barbarism and wretchedness ; what do we not owe to this now scattered , but once concentrated and enlightened peo- ple ...
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... society , should compare with this ancient record , originating in a comparatively rude age , is to my own mind , a fact not easily accounted for on the principles of infidelity . The world is filled with books that are the product of ...
... society , should compare with this ancient record , originating in a comparatively rude age , is to my own mind , a fact not easily accounted for on the principles of infidelity . The world is filled with books that are the product of ...
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... society were those domestic rules which the father of a family would have occasion to observe in the control of his household . When men began to unite in villages and cities , these more pri- vate regulations would be found inadequate ...
... society were those domestic rules which the father of a family would have occasion to observe in the control of his household . When men began to unite in villages and cities , these more pri- vate regulations would be found inadequate ...
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... society . It teaches men to know when they commit injury , and when they suffer it . Every just law is dictated by reason and bene- volence . Of the authority to command and the obliga- tion to obedience , the foundation , or principle ...
... society . It teaches men to know when they commit injury , and when they suffer it . Every just law is dictated by reason and bene- volence . Of the authority to command and the obliga- tion to obedience , the foundation , or principle ...
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... society cannot con tinue , and which make men responsible to the state . Do they not embody , both rules of conscience and the great principles of union among men , and constitute the vital basis of social organization ? These ten ...
... society cannot con tinue , and which make men responsible to the state . Do they not embody , both rules of conscience and the great principles of union among men , and constitute the vital basis of social organization ? These ten ...
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