The Spirit of the Age: Or Contemporary Portraits |
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... or ruminator on the fate of mankind , not a painted pageant , a stupid idol set up
on its pedestal of pride for men to fall down and worship with idiot fear and
wonder at the thing themselves have made , and which , without that fear and
wonder ...
... or ruminator on the fate of mankind , not a painted pageant , a stupid idol set up
on its pedestal of pride for men to fall down and worship with idiot fear and
wonder at the thing themselves have made , and which , without that fear and
wonder ...
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... without the levers of the understanding , than the mechanist can discard the
use of wheels and pulleys , and perform every thing by simple motion . If the mind
of man were competent to comprehend the whole of truth and good , and act
upon ...
... without the levers of the understanding , than the mechanist can discard the
use of wheels and pulleys , and perform every thing by simple motion . If the mind
of man were competent to comprehend the whole of truth and good , and act
upon ...
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The ' thing is impossible . The laws of the country are , therefore , ineffectual and
abortive , because they are made by the rich for the poor , by the wise for the
ignorant , by the respectable and exalted in station for the very scum and refuse
of ...
The ' thing is impossible . The laws of the country are , therefore , ineffectual and
abortive , because they are made by the rich for the poor , by the wise for the
ignorant , by the respectable and exalted in station for the very scum and refuse
of ...
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... the Lanark cotton - mills really think this natural man will act as a foil to his
artificial man ? Does he for a moment imagine that his Address to the higher and
middle classes , with all its advantages of fiction , makes any thing like so
interesting ...
... the Lanark cotton - mills really think this natural man will act as a foil to his
artificial man ? Does he for a moment imagine that his Address to the higher and
middle classes , with all its advantages of fiction , makes any thing like so
interesting ...
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... take an opportunity to escape from them ! Mr . Bentham ' s method of reasoning
, though comprehensive and exact , labours under the defect of most systems - - it
is too topical . It includes every thing ; but it includes every thing alike .
... take an opportunity to escape from them ! Mr . Bentham ' s method of reasoning
, though comprehensive and exact , labours under the defect of most systems - - it
is too topical . It includes every thing ; but it includes every thing alike .
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