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While the two armies look on with breathless interest , two of the Romans fall ,
and there is a momentary pause , while the third one meditates whether to stand
or fly . Upon that thought what interests are pending ! A world is held in
equilibrium ...
While the two armies look on with breathless interest , two of the Romans fall ,
and there is a momentary pause , while the third one meditates whether to stand
or fly . Upon that thought what interests are pending ! A world is held in
equilibrium ...
Page 101
But a restricted view of the question is here purposely taken ; and owe are now to
inquire what general line of conduct , different from that we have thus far been
considering , would most advance the interests of such a person as was
imagined ...
But a restricted view of the question is here purposely taken ; and owe are now to
inquire what general line of conduct , different from that we have thus far been
considering , would most advance the interests of such a person as was
imagined ...
Page 230
We are often truly told , that the great secret of the power lies in this : the speaker
himself first possesses that deep feeling , that lively interest in his subject , which
he wishes to awaken in his auditors . Without this , he will produce little more ...
We are often truly told , that the great secret of the power lies in this : the speaker
himself first possesses that deep feeling , that lively interest in his subject , which
he wishes to awaken in his auditors . Without this , he will produce little more ...
Page 253
The laws of one nation have no power over the people of another , and a
common interest instinctively impels all to unite in defending themselves from
aggression . It is from one another , then , that the people of a nation are to be
protected ...
The laws of one nation have no power over the people of another , and a
common interest instinctively impels all to unite in defending themselves from
aggression . It is from one another , then , that the people of a nation are to be
protected ...
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The whole current of its teachings and its influence , sets strongly towards the
more serious and momentous interests of ... is intended for a higher class of
minds , and he looks upon it with no more interest than upon his tools or his
workbench .
The whole current of its teachings and its influence , sets strongly towards the
more serious and momentous interests of ... is intended for a higher class of
minds , and he looks upon it with no more interest than upon his tools or his
workbench .
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