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
| Reginald Lucas - 1913 - 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...perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear 190 the arguments ? . . . Authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly... | |
| Philip Arnold Gibbons - 1914 - 64 pages
...sacrificed it to their opinion. To deliver an opinion was the right of all men, that of constituents was a weighty and respectable opinion, which a representative...ought always to rejoice to hear, and which he ought most seriously to consider ; but authoritative instructions, mandates which the member was bound blindly... | |
| Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 924 pages
...and what sort of [280 reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which homely nurse doth all she can To make her foster-child,...vn Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, 85 [290 representative ought always to rejoice to hear; and which he ought always most seriously to consider.... | |
| William Boyd Carpenter - 1917 - 348 pages
...are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...three hundred miles distant from those who hear the argument ? To deliver an opinion is the right of all men : that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
| Godfrey Locker Lampson - 1918 - 628 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 ? 40 To deliver an opinion is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
| Ivor John Carnegie Brown - 1920 - 184 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 argument ? . . . Authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and... | |
| John Morley - 1921 - 238 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... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1925 - 552 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...form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distance from those who hear the arguments? To deliver an opinion is the right of all men; that of... | |
| 1910 - 1166 pages
...matters of reason and judgment , and not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...respectable opinion, which a representative ought always most seriously to consider. But authoritative ' instructions — mandates issued, which the member... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1969 - 1098 pages
...inclination ; and what of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; In wt one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those who form tt conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear tfc arguments? To deliver... | |
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