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" 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 6
by Orator - 1864
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Analytical Fourth [-sixth] Reader: Containing Practical Directions for ...

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...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

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....
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The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volume 2

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...
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Burke

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...
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Burke

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...
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Burke

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,...
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The Friendship of Books

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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Fifty Years of the English Constitution, 1830-1880

Sheldon Amos - 1880 - 548 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...three ' hundred miles distant from those who hear the argu' ments ? To deliver an opinion is the right of all men; ' that of constituents is a weighty and...
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Lord of himself, Volume 3

lord William Pitt Lennox - 1880 - 290 pages
...your delegate, but will enter the House free and unfettered" Gammon — draw it mild." " 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...
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A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 3

William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1882 - 614 pages
...before him what course is best for the whole community, and ' what sort of reason is that in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps 300 miles distant from those who hear the arguments ?' These views were generally adopted by the Whig...
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