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The best of it is , he thinks his present mode of expressing himself perfect , and
that whatever may be objected to his law or logic , no one can find the least fault
with the purity , simplicity , and perspicuity of his style . Mr. Bentham , in private
life ...
The best of it is , he thinks his present mode of expressing himself perfect , and
that whatever may be objected to his law or logic , no one can find the least fault
with the purity , simplicity , and perspicuity of his style . Mr. Bentham , in private
life ...
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... concerned , shows that passion is not dead in him , nor subject to the control of
reason ; but that self - love is the mainspring that moves it , though on all beyond
that limit he looks with the most perfect calmness and philosophic indifference .
... concerned , shows that passion is not dead in him , nor subject to the control of
reason ; but that self - love is the mainspring that moves it , though on all beyond
that limit he looks with the most perfect calmness and philosophic indifference .
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personal projects , he has all the air of the most perfect independence , and gains
a character for impartiality and candour , when he is only striking a balance in his
mind between the éclat of differing from a Minister on some ' vantage - ground ...
personal projects , he has all the air of the most perfect independence , and gains
a character for impartiality and candour , when he is only striking a balance in his
mind between the éclat of differing from a Minister on some ' vantage - ground ...
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