“ We must judge a government by its general tendencies and not by its happy accidents. ”
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“ Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear. ”
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“ She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts. ”
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“ Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear. ”
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“ The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human heart, in the facility with which its scheme accommodates itself to the capacity of every human intellect, in the consolation which it bears to the house of mourning, in the light with which it brightens the great mystery of the grave. ”
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“ The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human heart, in the facility with which its scheme accommodates itself to the capacity of every human intellect, in the consolation which it bears to the house of mourning, in the light with which it brightens the great mystery of the grave. ”
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“ Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind. ”
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“ The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning. ”
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“ The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. ”
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“ The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. ”
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“ Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things. ”
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“ The English Bible — a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. ”
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“ The English Bible — a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. ”
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“ The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature. ”
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“ She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts. ”
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“ We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. ”
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“ The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human heart, in the facility with which its scheme accommodates itself to the capacity of every human intellect, in the consolation which it bears to the house of mourning, in the light with which it brightens the great mystery of the grave. ”
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“ We must judge a government by its general tendencies and not by its happy accidents. ”
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“ A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot. ”
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“ There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen. ”
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“ The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature. ”
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“ Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind. ”
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“ A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot. ”
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“ Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear. ”
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“ Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things. ”
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“ Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear. ”
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“ There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen. ”
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“ A few more days, and this essay will follow the Defensio Populi to the dust and silence of the upper shelf… For a month or two it will occupy a few minutes of chat in every drawing-room, and a few columns in every magazine; and it will then be withdrawn, to make room for the forthcoming novelties. ”
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