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... increased ; but it is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness ; and I pronounce it as certain , that there was never yet a truly great man , that was not at the same time truly virtuous . O Cretico , thou sour ...
... increased ; but it is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness ; and I pronounce it as certain , that there was never yet a truly great man , that was not at the same time truly virtuous . O Cretico , thou sour ...
Page 14
... increase . The following letter , left for me at the printer's , is one of the first I have received , which I regard the more for that it comes from one of the fair sex , and because I have myself oftentimes suffered under the ...
... increase . The following letter , left for me at the printer's , is one of the first I have received , which I regard the more for that it comes from one of the fair sex , and because I have myself oftentimes suffered under the ...
Page 51
... increase its revenue ? " “ It is very likely it would , " answered Glaucon . " Tell me , then , in what consists the revenue of the state , and to how much may it amount ? I presume you have particularly studied this matter , to the end ...
... increase its revenue ? " “ It is very likely it would , " answered Glaucon . " Tell me , then , in what consists the revenue of the state , and to how much may it amount ? I presume you have particularly studied this matter , to the end ...
Page 54
... increasing its power by his advice , and of raising himself by this ineans to a high degree of honour , would you not brand him likewise with a meanness of soul , if he would not present himself to be employed ? " " 54 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS ...
... increasing its power by his advice , and of raising himself by this ineans to a high degree of honour , would you not brand him likewise with a meanness of soul , if he would not present himself to be employed ? " " 54 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS ...
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... increasing in expe- rimental knowledge ; and let no man flatter the age , with pretending that we are arrived at a perfection of discoveries . What's now discover'd only serves to show That nothing's known to what is yet to know . THE ...
... increasing in expe- rimental knowledge ; and let no man flatter the age , with pretending that we are arrived at a perfection of discoveries . What's now discover'd only serves to show That nothing's known to what is yet to know . THE ...
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