Individualism, a System of PoliticsMacmillan and Company, 1889 - 393 pages Chapter IX appeared originally in the Westminster review (July, 1886) cf. Pref. |
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... possible to exceed the normal limits of a wise federation . It may be doubted whether Austria - Hungary is a stable combination . The king- dom of the Netherlands clearly was not ; though many would have regarded it as quite as natural ...
... possible to exceed the normal limits of a wise federation . It may be doubted whether Austria - Hungary is a stable combination . The king- dom of the Netherlands clearly was not ; though many would have regarded it as quite as natural ...
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... possible taste , utterly hate- ful to the eyes of your neighbours , but they are powerless to compel you to alter it . The church bell next door may go near to distracting me , but I have no remedy by merely showing that I am subjected ...
... possible taste , utterly hate- ful to the eyes of your neighbours , but they are powerless to compel you to alter it . The church bell next door may go near to distracting me , but I have no remedy by merely showing that I am subjected ...
Page 31
... possible sources of dispute and envy , and to " maintaining and invigorating the principle of national unity . " The object of the continental codes has been less the unification of the various legal systems obtaining in different parts ...
... possible sources of dispute and envy , and to " maintaining and invigorating the principle of national unity . " The object of the continental codes has been less the unification of the various legal systems obtaining in different parts ...
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... possible the cure ? I hardly feel called upon to furnish illustrations of these observed vices of popular government . Those who care to see them fully exposed may be referred to the late Sir Henry Maine's very able work on the subject ...
... possible the cure ? I hardly feel called upon to furnish illustrations of these observed vices of popular government . Those who care to see them fully exposed may be referred to the late Sir Henry Maine's very able work on the subject ...
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... possible to the merest generalities . He is going to do something great , but no one can learn exactly what ; he is in favour of everything which is calculated to benefit the people ; he has the interests of his constituents at heart ...
... possible to the merest generalities . He is going to do something great , but no one can learn exactly what ; he is in favour of everything which is calculated to benefit the people ; he has the interests of his constituents at heart ...
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Page 117 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 271 - Therefore before the names of just and unjust can have place, there must be some coercive power to compel men equally to the performance of their covenants, by the terror of some punishment, greater than the benefit they expect by the breach of their covenant...
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Page 327 - What is a Communist ? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings. Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing To fork out his penny and pocket your shilling.
Page 40 - Nam cunctas nationes et urbes populus aut primores aut singuli regunt: delecta ex iis et consociata rei publicae forma laudari facilius quam evenire, vel si evenit, haud diuturna esse potest.
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