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... whole course of its history . But , on the other hand , they in my judgment unnerved the human intellect , and thus made it capable of the extravagances into which it fell at the close of the eighteenth century . And they certainly gave ...
... whole course of its history . But , on the other hand , they in my judgment unnerved the human intellect , and thus made it capable of the extravagances into which it fell at the close of the eighteenth century . And they certainly gave ...
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... whole course of its history . But , on the other hand , they in my judgment unnerved the human intellect , and thus made it capable of the extravagances into which it fell at the close of the eighteenth century . And they certainly gave ...
... whole course of its history . But , on the other hand , they in my judgment unnerved the human intellect , and thus made it capable of the extravagances into which it fell at the close of the eighteenth century . And they certainly gave ...
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... whole , is least open to objection . But what we are witnessing in West European politics is not so much the establishment of a definite system , as the con- tinuance , at varying rates , of a process . The truth is that , within two ...
... whole , is least open to objection . But what we are witnessing in West European politics is not so much the establishment of a definite system , as the con- tinuance , at varying rates , of a process . The truth is that , within two ...
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... whole population , it must necessarily follow that it is wrong to censure him openly , and , even if he is mistaken , his mistakes should be pointed out with the utmost respect , and that , whether mistaken or not , no censure should be ...
... whole population , it must necessarily follow that it is wrong to censure him openly , and , even if he is mistaken , his mistakes should be pointed out with the utmost respect , and that , whether mistaken or not , no censure should be ...
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... whole population , " to the newer view , that " the ruler is the agent and servant , and the subject the wise and good master , who is obliged to delegate his power to the so - called ruler because , being a multitude , he cannot use it ...
... whole population , " to the newer view , that " the ruler is the agent and servant , and the subject the wise and good master , who is obliged to delegate his power to the so - called ruler because , being a multitude , he cannot use it ...
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Page 101 - House, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 101 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon...
Page 101 - Senators, and shall be published, for three months previous to the time of making such choice, and if in the Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to...
Page 158 - If a second chamber dissents from the first, it is mischievous ; if it agrees with it, it is superfluous...
Page 152 - ... together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but, in a condition of unchangeable constancy, moves on through the varied tenor of perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progression.
Page 114 - It is indisputable that much the greatest part of mankind has never shown a particle of desire that its civil institutions should be improved since- the moment when external completeness was first given to them by their embodiment in some permanent record.
Page 207 - Article provides (in s. 3) that " the Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislatures thereof, for six years.
Page 199 - Montesquieu, what Homer has been to the didactic writers on epic poetry. As the latter have considered the work of the immortal Bard, as the perfect model from which the principles and rules of the epic art were to be drawn, and by which all similar works were to be judged; so this great political critic appears to have viewed the constitution of England, as the standard, or to use his own expression, as the mirror of political liberty; and to have delivered in the form of elementary truths, the...
Page 26 - An enemy lays waste a country by fire and sword, and destroys or carries away nearly all the movable wealth existing in it ; all the inhabitants are ruined, and yet, in a few years after, everything is much as it was before.
Page 153 - Thus, by preserving the method of nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve we are never wholly new ; in what we retain, we are never wholly obsolete.