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... mankind - not from those who , hav- ing amassed vast fortunes by public employ . ment , were desirous to repay , in charity , a lit- tle of what they had thus levied upon the State . It is more frequently some obscure personage -some ...
... mankind - not from those who , hav- ing amassed vast fortunes by public employ . ment , were desirous to repay , in charity , a lit- tle of what they had thus levied upon the State . It is more frequently some obscure personage -some ...
Page 50
... mankind that the lights of philosophy were to be ex- tinguished as dangerous to religion ; and when tyrants could proscribe the instructers of the people as enemies to their power . It is prepos terous to imagine that the enlargement of ...
... mankind that the lights of philosophy were to be ex- tinguished as dangerous to religion ; and when tyrants could proscribe the instructers of the people as enemies to their power . It is prepos terous to imagine that the enlargement of ...
Page 51
... mankind is a just object of terror ; it is fatal to them and their designs ; they know this by an unerring instinct , and un- ceasingly they dread the light . But they will find it more easy to curse than to extinguish . It is spreading ...
... mankind is a just object of terror ; it is fatal to them and their designs ; they know this by an unerring instinct , and un- ceasingly they dread the light . But they will find it more easy to curse than to extinguish . It is spreading ...
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... mankind . It much more resembles the progress of the ene- my to all improvement . The conqueror moves in a march . He stalks onward with the " pride , pomp , and circumstance of war , ” — banners flying , shouts rending the air , -guns ...
... mankind . It much more resembles the progress of the ene- my to all improvement . The conqueror moves in a march . He stalks onward with the " pride , pomp , and circumstance of war , ” — banners flying , shouts rending the air , -guns ...
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... mankind ; he slowly gathers round him those who are to further their execution , -he quietly , though firmly , advances in his humble path , laboring steadily , but calmly , till he has open- ed to the light all the recesses of ...
... mankind ; he slowly gathers round him those who are to further their execution , -he quietly , though firmly , advances in his humble path , laboring steadily , but calmly , till he has open- ed to the light all the recesses of ...
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advantage afterwards age of six attain bayonet benefit better BROUGHAM ON EDUCATION cation character charity child children to school crime curiosity desire diffusion district dition earth educa effort ence enemies of improvement England enjoyment established feelings French Revolution funds so bestowed gratification habits happiness honor humble ignorance ignorantium inculcate infant schools instruction instrument or animal intolerant period irrepressi knowledge labor ledge legislative less live Lord Brougham malversations Mandeville mankind march of intellect means ment mind monuments moral nation nature noble observation opinion Owen's plan Pere de la philosophy pleasure poor are deeply Pope prevent progress public schools rance refined religion religious education school fund school house School Law School System Scotch send their children society SYSTEM OF EDUCATION taught teach teacher thing tion tradesman trust truth twentieth lot twenty-five thousand children vice