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Common sense must flow unob- structed and unpolluted through the commonwealth – therein lies the assurance of political freedom and the pro- tection against tyranny . ' God hath given the bulk of man- kind a capacity to understand ...
Common sense must flow unob- structed and unpolluted through the commonwealth – therein lies the assurance of political freedom and the pro- tection against tyranny . ' God hath given the bulk of man- kind a capacity to understand ...
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For , the Brain , in its natural Position and State of Serenity , disposeth its Owner to pass his Life in the common Forms , with- out any Thought of subduing Multitudes to his own Power , his Reasons or his ...
For , the Brain , in its natural Position and State of Serenity , disposeth its Owner to pass his Life in the common Forms , with- out any Thought of subduing Multitudes to his own Power , his Reasons or his ...
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Again : The common fluency of speech in many men , and most women . is owing to a scarcity of matter , and a scarcity of words ; for who- ever is a master of language , and has a mind full of ideas , will be apt , in speaking ...
Again : The common fluency of speech in many men , and most women . is owing to a scarcity of matter , and a scarcity of words ; for who- ever is a master of language , and has a mind full of ideas , will be apt , in speaking ...
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Mind and Art of Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Ricardo Quintana |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1936 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 398 pages |
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