Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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Page 17
... duties as his private secretary and political assistant . The financial terms of their ar- rangement are unknown , although several years later , after they had quarreled , Hamilton wrote a note to himself : " Took Mr. B. up , un- known ...
... duties as his private secretary and political assistant . The financial terms of their ar- rangement are unknown , although several years later , after they had quarreled , Hamilton wrote a note to himself : " Took Mr. B. up , un- known ...
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... duty as against abstract reason and " rights , " and to his conception of man as a civil or political animal , who finds his self - fulfillment in the grad- ually unfolding corporate life of his nation . This conception of Burke as a ...
... duty as against abstract reason and " rights , " and to his conception of man as a civil or political animal , who finds his self - fulfillment in the grad- ually unfolding corporate life of his nation . This conception of Burke as a ...
Page 35
... " the situation of man is the preceptor of his duty , " prudence tells us when we should " abate our demands in favor of moderation and justice , and tender- ness to individuals . " Prudence is not intellectual calculation. Introduction 35.
... " the situation of man is the preceptor of his duty , " prudence tells us when we should " abate our demands in favor of moderation and justice , and tender- ness to individuals . " Prudence is not intellectual calculation. Introduction 35.
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... duties , and the foundations of society , rested upon having their reasons made clear and demonstrative to every individual . " His satire attacked the theory that if every individual was free to specu- late upon political and moral ...
... duties , and the foundations of society , rested upon having their reasons made clear and demonstrative to every individual . " His satire attacked the theory that if every individual was free to specu- late upon political and moral ...
Page 54
... duties , and the foundations of society , rested upon having their rea- sons made clear and demonstrative to every individual ? The editor knows that the subject of this letter is not so fully handled as obviously it might ; it was not ...
... duties , and the foundations of society , rested upon having their rea- sons made clear and demonstrative to every individual ? The editor knows that the subject of this letter is not so fully handled as obviously it might ; it was not ...
Contents
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An Abridgment of English History 1757 | 76 |
Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register | 104 |
A Short Account of a Late Short Administration 1766 | 117 |
Speech on Conciliation 1775 | 176 |
Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol 1777 | 223 |
IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION | 251 |
A Letter to a Peer of Ireland 1782 | 274 |
A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe 1792 | 288 |
A Letter to Richard Burke 1793 | 320 |
A Letter to William Smith 1795 | 330 |
Speech on Economical Reform 1780 | 341 |
Speech on the Middlesex Election 1771 | 363 |
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