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His reputation lies at the circumference ; and the lights of his understanding are
reflected , with increasing lustre , on the other side of the globe . His name is little
known in England , better in Europe , best of all in the plains of Chili and the ...
His reputation lies at the circumference ; and the lights of his understanding are
reflected , with increasing lustre , on the other side of the globe . His name is little
known in England , better in Europe , best of all in the plains of Chili and the ...
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... Mr . Bentham has given any new or decided impulse to the human mind . He
cannot be looked upon in the light of a discoverer in legislation or morals . He
has not struek out any great leading principle or parent - THE SPIRIT OF THE
AGE .
... Mr . Bentham has given any new or decided impulse to the human mind . He
cannot be looked upon in the light of a discoverer in legislation or morals . He
has not struek out any great leading principle or parent - THE SPIRIT OF THE
AGE .
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it for this , that students at the bar , acute , inquisitive , sceptical ( here only wild
enthusiasts ) neglected for a while the paths of preferment and the law as too
narrow , tortuous , and unseemly to bear the pure and broad light of reason ?
it for this , that students at the bar , acute , inquisitive , sceptical ( here only wild
enthusiasts ) neglected for a while the paths of preferment and the law as too
narrow , tortuous , and unseemly to bear the pure and broad light of reason ?
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... common system - and in the vain strife between fanatic innovation and fanatic
prejudice , we are exhorted to dethrone this queen of the world , to blot out this
light of the mind , to deface this fair column , to break in pieces this golden chain !
... common system - and in the vain strife between fanatic innovation and fanatic
prejudice , we are exhorted to dethrone this queen of the world , to blot out this
light of the mind , to deface this fair column , to break in pieces this golden chain !
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... from forgotten chronicles , nor piecing out of vague traditions with fragments
and snatches of old ballads , so that the result resembles a gaudy , staring
transparency , in which you cannot distinguish the daubing of the painter from the
light ...
... from forgotten chronicles , nor piecing out of vague traditions with fragments
and snatches of old ballads , so that the result resembles a gaudy , staring
transparency , in which you cannot distinguish the daubing of the painter from the
light ...
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