...existence. Our calmer judgment will rather tend to moderate than to suppress the pride of an ancient and worthy race. The satirist" may laugh, the philosopher...have been consecrated by the experience of mankind. Few there are who can sincerely despise in others an advantage of which they are secretly ambitious...

...longevity. . . . Our calmer judgment will rather tend to moderate than to suppress the pride of an ancient and worthy race. The satirist may laugh, the philosopher...have been consecrated by the experience of mankind. Few there are who can sincerely despise in others an advantage of which they are secretly ambitious...

...longevity. . . . Our calmer judgment will rather tend to moderate than to suppress the pride of an ancient and worthy race. The satirist may laugh, the philosopher...have been consecrated by the experience of mankind. Few there are who can sincerely despise in others an advantage of which they are secretly ambitious...

...forefathers ; our calmer judgment will rather tend to moderate than suppress the pride of an ancient and worthy race. The satirist may laugh ; the philosopher...habits which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind."1 OF all nations on the globe, the Irish, as a people, are universally admitted to possess,...

...peruse with warmer curiosity the life of an hero from whom his name and blood were lineally derived. The satirist may laugh, the philosopher may preach,...have been consecrated by the experience of mankind. Our calmer judgment will rather tend to moderate than to suppress the pride of an ancient and worthy...

...glorious chase ; Nobles look backward, and so lose tha race." (The Universal Passion, Sat. i., 1. 131.)] will respect the prejudices and habits, which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind.1 Few there are who can sincerely despise in others an advantage of which they are secretly...

...of your calculations, as usual. The satirist may laugh, the sage may preach, but Reason herself must respect the prejudices and habits which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind. We all wish to live in the persons of our descendants. It may be an unreasonable instinct that prompts...

...rather tend to moderate, than " to suppress the pride of an ancient and worthy race. The sat" irist may laugh, the philosopher may preach ; but reason...respect the prejudices and habits which have been conse" crated by the experience of mankind. " Wherever the distinction of birth* is allowed to form...

...of our forefathers ; it is the labor and reward of vanity to extend the term of this idol longevity. The satirist may laugh, the philosopher may preach;...have been consecrated by the experience of mankind. Few there are who can seriously despise in others an advantage of which they are secretly ambitious...

...or exact scholar to reflect in part his individual taste and temperament. SKEPTICISM AND NATURALISM The satirist may laugh, the philosopher may preach;...have been consecrated by the experience of mankind. — GIBBON 1. Skepticism, Naturalism and Transcendental Arguments 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS The term...