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... this matter , so numerous , so right- intentioned , so powerful , to look at the thing with impartial regard to its simple reason and to its present policy . III THE State mars everything which it touches , say 82 II A FRENCH ETON.
... this matter , so numerous , so right- intentioned , so powerful , to look at the thing with impartial regard to its simple reason and to its present policy . III THE State mars everything which it touches , say 82 II A FRENCH ETON.
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... reasons . In the first place , the govern- ment of this country is , and long has been , in the hands of the aristocratic class . Where the aristo- cracy is a small oligarchy , able to find employment for all its members in the ...
... reasons . In the first place , the govern- ment of this country is , and long has been , in the hands of the aristocratic class . Where the aristo- cracy is a small oligarchy , able to find employment for all its members in the ...
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... reason to be its enemy . In the youth and early manhood of the English middle class , the action of the State was at the service of an ecclesiastical party . This party used the power of the State to secure their own predominance , and ...
... reason to be its enemy . In the youth and early manhood of the English middle class , the action of the State was at the service of an ecclesiastical party . This party used the power of the State to secure their own predominance , and ...
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... reason . Must this make us " a set of helpless imbeciles , totally incapable of attend- ing to our own interests " ? Is this " Is this " a grievous blow aimed at the independence of the English character " ? Is " English self - reliance ...
... reason . Must this make us " a set of helpless imbeciles , totally incapable of attend- ing to our own interests " ? Is this " Is this " a grievous blow aimed at the independence of the English character " ? Is " English self - reliance ...
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... kind ; for we know how German practice is governed by the notion that what is to be done should be done scientifically , as they say ; that is , according to the reason of the thing , under the direction of experts PREFACE 139.
... kind ; for we know how German practice is governed by the notion that what is to be done should be done scientifically , as they say ; that is , according to the reason of the thing , under the direction of experts PREFACE 139.
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