Discourses in America, 1 leidimasMacmillan and Company, 1885 - 207 psl. The first discourse was originally given in New York, and afterwards published in the Nineteenth century; the second was given as the Rede lecture at Cambridge, and recast for delivery in America; the third was delivered in Boston. |
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... France , says a Frenchman . But Plato and the sages , when they are asked what is saving , answer : ' To love righteousness , and to be convinced of the unprofitableness of iniquity . ' And Isaiah and the pro- phets , 1. ] 27 NUMBERS .
... France , says a Frenchman . But Plato and the sages , when they are asked what is saving , answer : ' To love righteousness , and to be convinced of the unprofitableness of iniquity . ' And Isaiah and the pro- phets , 1. ] 27 NUMBERS .
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... or the civilising mission of France . But the phrases sound vague because of the quantity of matters they cover . The thing is to have a brief but adequate enumera- tion of these matters . The New Testament tells us 28 [ 1 . NUMBERS .
... or the civilising mission of France . But the phrases sound vague because of the quantity of matters they cover . The thing is to have a brief but adequate enumera- tion of these matters . The New Testament tells us 28 [ 1 . NUMBERS .
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... France . And because these matters are what do really govern politics and save or destroy States , Socrates maintained that in his time he and a few philosophers , who alone kept insisting on the good of righteousness and the ...
... France . And because these matters are what do really govern politics and save or destroy States , Socrates maintained that in his time he and a few philosophers , who alone kept insisting on the good of righteousness and the ...
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... France . The instance from England I will take first . I will take it from the grave topic of England's relations with Ire- land . I am not going to reproach either England or Ireland . To re- proach Ireland here would probably be ...
... France . The instance from England I will take first . I will take it from the grave topic of England's relations with Ire- land . I am not going to reproach either England or Ireland . To re- proach Ireland here would probably be ...
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... France . To France I have always felt myself powerfully drawn . People in Eng- land often accuse me of liking France and things French far too well . At all events I have paid special regard to them , and am always glad to con- fess how ...
... France . To France I have always felt myself powerfully drawn . People in Eng- land often accuse me of liking France and things French far too well . At all events I have paid special regard to them , and am always glad to con- fess how ...
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