Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 248
... Conservatism , entrenched in its immense redoubts , with Himmaleh for its front , and Atlas for its flank , and Andes for its rear , and the Atlantic and Pacific seas for its ditches and trenches ; which has planted its crosses , and ...
... Conservatism , entrenched in its immense redoubts , with Himmaleh for its front , and Atlas for its flank , and Andes for its rear , and the Atlantic and Pacific seas for its ditches and trenches ; which has planted its crosses , and ...
Page 255
... conservatism . But this class , however large , relying not on the intel- lect but on the instinct , blends itself with the brute forces of nature , is respectable only as nature is ; but the individuals have no attraction for us . It ...
... conservatism . But this class , however large , relying not on the intel- lect but on the instinct , blends itself with the brute forces of nature , is respectable only as nature is ; but the individuals have no attraction for us . It ...
Page 279
... Conservatism and that of Innovation , are very old , and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made . This quarrel is the sub- ject of civil history . The conservative party estab lished the reverend hierarchies ...
... Conservatism and that of Innovation , are very old , and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made . This quarrel is the sub- ject of civil history . The conservative party estab lished the reverend hierarchies ...
Page 282
... conservatism goes for comfort , re- form for truth . Conservatism is more candid to behold another's worth ; reform more disposed to maintain and increase its own . Conservatism makes no poetry , breathes no prayer , has no inven- tion ...
... conservatism goes for comfort , re- form for truth . Conservatism is more candid to behold another's worth ; reform more disposed to maintain and increase its own . Conservatism makes no poetry , breathes no prayer , has no inven- tion ...
Page 288
... conservatism , but it is to build up one of your own ; it will have a new beginning , but the same course and end , the same trials , the same passions ; among the lovers of the new I ob- serve that there is a jealousy of the newest ...
... conservatism , but it is to build up one of your own ; it will have a new beginning , but the same course and end , the same trials , the same passions ; among the lovers of the new I ob- serve that there is a jealousy of the newest ...
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