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Pagina 11
We have then the fact fairly before us , that the most enlightened generals and
statesmen of the last generation are followed by those of the present time in
considering that the vast mass of the Russian armies finds its place on the
western ...
We have then the fact fairly before us , that the most enlightened generals and
statesmen of the last generation are followed by those of the present time in
considering that the vast mass of the Russian armies finds its place on the
western ...
Pagina 14
The reasons of these facts of the Russian system comprehend many points
demanding close investigation . ... classes , whether in town or country , and of
the fact that , as in China and India , these millions exist on the thin line
separating mere ...
The reasons of these facts of the Russian system comprehend many points
demanding close investigation . ... classes , whether in town or country , and of
the fact that , as in China and India , these millions exist on the thin line
separating mere ...
Pagina 15
These are the facts which should attract the attention of Western Europe . These
influences -- some moral , some physical , and some artificial - are all conducive
to one end . They have a potency unknown to the mere forms of military ...
These are the facts which should attract the attention of Western Europe . These
influences -- some moral , some physical , and some artificial - are all conducive
to one end . They have a potency unknown to the mere forms of military ...
Pagina 16
Whatever value may be attributed to the speculation , we cannot doubt that the
fact of even a partial belief in her latent strength and her great future as held by
the Government and by the people is a lever of power of very special character ,
to ...
Whatever value may be attributed to the speculation , we cannot doubt that the
fact of even a partial belief in her latent strength and her great future as held by
the Government and by the people is a lever of power of very special character ,
to ...
Pagina 17
If notwithstanding the staidness of our modern demeanour , the facts of our
insular position and our commercial tendencies , we feel very fully the force of
such motives and compel our Government to act on them , we cannot be
surprised that ...
If notwithstanding the staidness of our modern demeanour , the facts of our
insular position and our commercial tendencies , we feel very fully the force of
such motives and compel our Government to act on them , we cannot be
surprised that ...
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Pagina 214 - The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts,5 the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well, or nearly as well developed, as in man.
Pagina 252 - And all is well, tho' faith and form Be sunder'd in the night of fear; Well roars the storm to those that hear A deeper voice across the storm, Proclaiming social truth shall spread, And justice, ev'n tho' thrice again The red fool-fury of the Seine Should pile her barricades with dead.
Pagina 226 - The most ancient progenitors in the kingdom of the Vertebrata, at which we are able to obtain an obscure glance, apparently consisted of a group of marine animals," resembling the larvae of existing Ascidians. These animals probably gave rise to a group of fishes, as lowly organized as the lancelet; and from these the Ganoids, and other fishes like the Lepidosiren, must have been developed. From such fish a very small advance would carry us on to the Amphibians.
Pagina 321 - For he makes me confess that I ought not to live as I do, neglecting the wants of my own soul, and busying myself with the concerns of the Athenians; therefore I hold my ears and tear myself away from him.
Pagina 214 - Secondly, as soon as the mental faculties had become highly developed, images of all past actions and motives would be incessantly passing through the brain...
Pagina 214 - Thirdly, after the power of language had been acquired, and the wishes of the community could be expressed, the common opinion how each member ought to act for the public good, would naturally become in a paramount degree the guide to action.
Pagina 74 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Pagina 304 - Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of his periods into one irresistible stream of musical impressions, which hurry the persuasions onward, as in a breathless career.
Pagina 81 - Yea, I am found the woman in all tales, The face caught always in the story's face: I Helen, holding Paris by the lips, Smote Hector through the head; I Cressida So kissed men's mouths that they went sick or mad, Stung right at brain with me; I Guenevere...
Pagina 226 - The Simiadae then branched off into two great stems, the New World and Old World monkeys; and from the latter, at a remote period, Man, the wonder and glory of the Universe, proceeded.