Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 24;Volume 87John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1876 |
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Pagina 5
... true that a pow- erful memory may enable a man to save himself the trouble of reasoning . It en- courages the indolent propensity of decid- ing difficulties by precedent instead of principles . Macaulay , for example , was once required ...
... true that a pow- erful memory may enable a man to save himself the trouble of reasoning . It en- courages the indolent propensity of decid- ing difficulties by precedent instead of principles . Macaulay , for example , was once required ...
Pagina 7
... true , implies utter scepticism . And yet Macaulay was clearly not a sceptic . His creed was hidden under a ... true , may consist with a profound conviction of the futility of the philosophy with which it has been associated . Here ...
... true , implies utter scepticism . And yet Macaulay was clearly not a sceptic . His creed was hidden under a ... true , may consist with a profound conviction of the futility of the philosophy with which it has been associated . Here ...
Pagina 10
... true , in order to obtain it . He proves that two and two make four , with a pertinacity which would make him dull , if it were not for his abundance of brilliant illustration . He always remembers the principle which should guide a ...
... true , in order to obtain it . He proves that two and two make four , with a pertinacity which would make him dull , if it were not for his abundance of brilliant illustration . He always remembers the principle which should guide a ...
Pagina 12
... true instinct of affairs . He knows what are the immedi- ate motives which move masses of men ; and is never misled by fanciful analogies or blindfolded by the pedantry of official language . He has seen flesh - and - blood statesmen at ...
... true instinct of affairs . He knows what are the immedi- ate motives which move masses of men ; and is never misled by fanciful analogies or blindfolded by the pedantry of official language . He has seen flesh - and - blood statesmen at ...
Pagina 13
... true note . To learn the true secret of Cromwell's character , we must go to Mr. Carlyle , who can sympathize with deep currents of religious enthusiasm . Macaulay re- tains too much of the old Whig distrust for all that it calls ...
... true note . To learn the true secret of Cromwell's character , we must go to Mr. Carlyle , who can sympathize with deep currents of religious enthusiasm . Macaulay re- tains too much of the old Whig distrust for all that it calls ...
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