Manual of Political Ethics: Political ethics properC. C. Little and J. Brown, 1839 |
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Strana 17
... object I have undertaken this work . I am not writing a book of political casuistry . The casuist may settle a thousand cases of conflict ; and the next complex one , offered by practical life , may be as perplexing as the first . Nor ...
... object I have undertaken this work . I am not writing a book of political casuistry . The casuist may settle a thousand cases of conflict ; and the next complex one , offered by practical life , may be as perplexing as the first . Nor ...
Strana 18
... object fully attained and believe that my life has not been spent entirely in vain , in pro- moting the great objects of that period in which my lot has been cast . ( 1 ) In a collection of Historical Treatises by Heeren , transl ...
... object fully attained and believe that my life has not been spent entirely in vain , in pro- moting the great objects of that period in which my lot has been cast . ( 1 ) In a collection of Historical Treatises by Heeren , transl ...
Strana 28
... object as well as foundation of the state , however , is justice . But when we have power for which we are not strictly speaking responsible , or not at all so , we are the more bound to adhere to the only law that remains , the moral ...
... object as well as foundation of the state , however , is justice . But when we have power for which we are not strictly speaking responsible , or not at all so , we are the more bound to adhere to the only law that remains , the moral ...
Strana 40
... object in life , through all spheres of action , require their proportionate degree of perseverance ; the tillage of the ground requires its degree of perseverance , in the same manner as the study of a science , the diffusion of a ...
... object in life , through all spheres of action , require their proportionate degree of perseverance ; the tillage of the ground requires its degree of perseverance , in the same manner as the study of a science , the diffusion of a ...
Strana 42
... object in view , that he be ever mindful that repeated and uninterrupted action may compensate for the absence of great power , and that in cases of the greatest trial , when the struggle comes at the last be- tween nearly balanced ...
... object in view , that he be ever mindful that repeated and uninterrupted action may compensate for the absence of great power , and that in cases of the greatest trial , when the struggle comes at the last be- tween nearly balanced ...
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Strana 625 - Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword.
Strana 389 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Strana 123 - Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but I have called you friends ; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you.
Strana 451 - He quotes them, as he tells us himself, as witnesses whose conspiring testimony, mightily strengthened and confirmed by their discordance on almost every other subject, is a conclusive proof of the unanimity of the whole human race on the great rules of duty and the fundamental principles of morals.
Strana 283 - It is an established rule in the exposition of statutes that the intention of the lawgiver is to be deduced from a view of the whole and of every part of a statute taken and compared together.
Strana 31 - JUSTUM et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solida, neque Auster, Dux inquieti turbidus Adriae, 5 Nee fulminantis magna manus Jovis : Si fractus illabatur orbis, * Impavidum ferient ruinae.
Strana 471 - The people shall have the right freely to assemble together, to consult for the common good, to instruct their representatives, and to petition the legislature for redress of grievances.
Strana 499 - I did not obey your instructions : No. I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained your interest, against your opinions, with a constancy that became me.
Strana 39 - I numbered the efforts it made to accomplish this object. The grain fell sixty-nine times to the ground; but the insect persevered, and the seventieth time it reached the top. This sight gave me courage at the moment, and I never forgot the lesson.
Strana 280 - It must however be observed, that we are here speaking of laws that are simply and purely penal, where the thing forbidden or enjoined is wholly a matter of indifference, and where the penalty inflicted is an adequate compensation for the civil inconvenience supposed to arise from the offence.