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... theory that satire is useful because it stirs up public opinion against malefactors , and thus prepares the way for effective social action against evils . This may be called the publicist function of satire . It would be easy to ...
... theory that satire is useful because it stirs up public opinion against malefactors , and thus prepares the way for effective social action against evils . This may be called the publicist function of satire . It would be easy to ...
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... theory at present known as the laissez - faire theory , which dominated modern economic thought for a hundred years and is still a potent force . This is the theory that commercial affairs are happiest when least regulated by the ...
... theory at present known as the laissez - faire theory , which dominated modern economic thought for a hundred years and is still a potent force . This is the theory that commercial affairs are happiest when least regulated by the ...
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... theory - the belief that a nation's wealth could be gauged by the amount of money in the country , and that , consequently , to keep bullion in the country , imports should be either limited or pro- hibited . In opposition to this ...
... theory - the belief that a nation's wealth could be gauged by the amount of money in the country , and that , consequently , to keep bullion in the country , imports should be either limited or pro- hibited . In opposition to this ...
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The Authenticity of Anna Sewards Published Correspondence | 50 |
The Nature of Dr Johnsons Rationalism | 88 |
Thomas Warton and the Eighteenth Century Dilemma | 104 |
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