The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits |
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He once , indeed , stuck up a hand - bill to say that he ( Jeremy Bentham ) being of sound mind , was of opinion that Sir Samuel Romilly was the most proper person to represent Westminster ; but this was the whim of the moment .
He once , indeed , stuck up a hand - bill to say that he ( Jeremy Bentham ) being of sound mind , was of opinion that Sir Samuel Romilly was the most proper person to represent Westminster ; but this was the whim of the moment .
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He says , “ All men act from calculation , even madmen reason . ” And , in our opinion , he might as well carry this maxim to Bedlam or St. Luke's , and apply it to 18 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
He says , “ All men act from calculation , even madmen reason . ” And , in our opinion , he might as well carry this maxim to Bedlam or St. Luke's , and apply it to 18 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
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A man may be callous and indifferent to what happens to himself ; but he is never indifferent to public opinion , or proof against open scorn and infamy . Shame , then , not fear , is the sheet - anchor of the law .
A man may be callous and indifferent to what happens to himself ; but he is never indifferent to public opinion , or proof against open scorn and infamy . Shame , then , not fear , is the sheet - anchor of the law .
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It is the apprehension of being stigmatized by public opinion , the fear of what will be thought and said of them , that deters men from the violation of the laws , while their character remains unimpeached ; but honour once lost ...
It is the apprehension of being stigmatized by public opinion , the fear of what will be thought and said of them , that deters men from the violation of the laws , while their character remains unimpeached ; but honour once lost ...
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... which we had no right to free ourselves upon any idle or formal pretext , and of which each person was to judge for himself , under the infallible authority of his own opinion and the inviolable sancţion of his self - approbation .
... which we had no right to free ourselves upon any idle or formal pretext , and of which each person was to judge for himself , under the infallible authority of his own opinion and the inviolable sancţion of his self - approbation .
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