 But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide; and where those who...  The orator, a treasury of English eloquence - Page 6by Orator - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate and another decide; and...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? 4. To deliver an opinion is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1869 - 584 pages
...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...distant from those who hear the arguments? To deliver aii opinion is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable opinion, which... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate and another decide ; and...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? 4. To deliver an opinion is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 pages
...is that in which determination precedes discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and anothei ing in the moment of decision, skeptical, puzzled,...Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and not a ser These sentiments, as we shall see hereafter, lost him the vote of Bristol at the next general election.... | |
 | Charles Duke Yonge - 1876 - 408 pages
...citizens of Bristol plainly that such a claim he ought not to admit, and never will. The " opinion of constituents is a weighty and respectable opinion,...ought always to rejoice to hear, and which he ought most seriously to consider; but authoritative instruction, mandates issued which the member is bound... | |
 | John Morley - 1879 - 256 pages
...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? . . . Authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly... | |
 | John Morley - 1879 - 236 pages
...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? . . . . Authoritative instructions, mcmdates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly... | |
 | John Morley - 1879 - 236 pages
...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and where those who form the conclusion are perhapa three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? . . . . Authoritative instructions,... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1880 - 436 pages
...inclination : and, what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and...respectable opinion, which a representative ought alwaj^s to rejoice to hear ; and which he ought always most seriously to consider. But authoritative... | |
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