An Old Man's Thoughts about Many ThingsBell and Daldy, 1872 - 379 páginas |
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... Nature , the god of the philosophers , is in some way unknown to us making amends for the waste of her children and storing up new ma- terials , we must stop for want of stuff ; just as the Lancashire mills must stop , if the ...
... Nature , the god of the philosophers , is in some way unknown to us making amends for the waste of her children and storing up new ma- terials , we must stop for want of stuff ; just as the Lancashire mills must stop , if the ...
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... Nature is not doing this , I cannot see that anything else will be left for her except to make the world over again some day and to bring fresh materials up to the top by ploughing deeper . This operation will cer- tainly cause a great ...
... Nature is not doing this , I cannot see that anything else will be left for her except to make the world over again some day and to bring fresh materials up to the top by ploughing deeper . This operation will cer- tainly cause a great ...
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... nature of things in general , I have deferred the event , which I still maintain to be certain , to a remote time ; remote enough to comprise the whole period allowed by statute to the copyright of this book , and remote enough to allow ...
... nature of things in general , I have deferred the event , which I still maintain to be certain , to a remote time ; remote enough to comprise the whole period allowed by statute to the copyright of this book , and remote enough to allow ...
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... nature and human life , while in fact they are only deluding themselves with the follies of somebody who knows as little of nature or life as them- selves . As I shall have a chapter on books I shall say no more at present . All that I ...
... nature and human life , while in fact they are only deluding themselves with the follies of somebody who knows as little of nature or life as them- selves . As I shall have a chapter on books I shall say no more at present . All that I ...
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... nature or constitution the element of bigness . As to such naturally big books , I would allow them to exist , if a good reason could be shown why they should be brought into the world . If they are wanted , we must take them according ...
... nature or constitution the element of bigness . As to such naturally big books , I would allow them to exist , if a good reason could be shown why they should be brought into the world . If they are wanted , we must take them according ...
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Página 348 - subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State.
Página 348 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
Página 302 - If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot be made to contribute towards the support of the whole empire, it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from the...
Página 208 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?
Página 379 - The author is a shrewd, clever old gentleman, well informed, and one who has certainly not spent his long life to disadvantage. The range of subjects about which he thinks is very large, and what he does say is of sterling quality.
Página 277 - That the National Religion of the country should be made the foundation of national education, which should be the first and chief thing taught to the Poor, according to the excellent Liturgy and Catechism provided by our Church for that purpose.
Página 349 - While the demand for labour and the price of provisions, therefore, remain the same, a direct tax upon the wages of labour can have no other effect than to raise them somewhat higher than the tax.
Página 324 - Your breakfast is prepared by a cook or a goodwife who is clad from the soles of her feet to the top of her head in taxed clothing.
Página 264 - But when things are matter of public concern, the discipline pertaining to them must also be matter of public concern ; and we must not consider any citizen as belonging to himself, but all as belonging to the state ; for each is a part of the state, and the superintendence of each part has naturally a reference to the superintendence of the whole.
Página 90 - ... Paul's, there will be an enormous quantity of old stone to dispose of, which is now in the shape of generals, captains, admirals, lions and other animals. "It is singular, or it is not singular, I can't say which, that we who box, wrestle, run and in many ways work our bodies, more than any other nation, have not employed our sculptors to immortalize our athletic heroes. Some of them would make good subjects for the artist. He might strip the boxer or runner naked, if he liked, and exhibit his...