| England - 1838 - 884 pages
...more necessary wants being satisfied, men awaken to the highest earthly desire of the ripened mind, the desire of taking an active share in the great work of government. The Roman commons abandoned the highest magistracies to the patricians for a period of many years ;... | |
| Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1844 - 422 pages
...him the main subject of history — the laws of political science the main lesson of history — " the desire of taking an active share in the great work of government — the highest earthly desire of the ripened mind." And those who read his letters will be startled... | |
| Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1844 - 428 pages
...him the main subject of history — the laws of political science the main lesson of history — " the desire of taking an active share in the great work of government — the highest earthly desire of the ripened mind." And those who read his letters will be startled... | |
| Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Christian biography - 1844 - 476 pages
...is to him the main subject of history—the laws of political science the main lesson of history—" the desire of taking an active share in the great work of government—the highest earthly desire of the ripened mind." And those who read his letters will be... | |
| Thomas Arnold - Punic wars - 1845 - 610 pages
...more necessary wants being satisfied, men awaken to the highest earthly desire of the ripened mind, the desire of taking an active share in the great work of government. The Roman commons abandoned the highest magistracies to the patricians for a period of many years :... | |
| Thomas Arnold - History - 1845 - 474 pages
...more necessary wants being satisfied, men awaken to the highest earthly desire of the ripened mind — the desire of taking an active share in the great work of government. The Roman commons abandoned the higheft magistracies to the patricians for a period of many years ;... | |
| Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1845 - 408 pages
...more necessary wants being satisfied, men awaken to the highest earthly desire of the ripened mind, the desire of taking an active share in the great work of government. The Roman commons abandoned the highest magistracies to the patricians for a period of many years ;... | |
| 1846 - 602 pages
...is to him the main subject of history ; the laws of political science the main lesson of history ; the desire of taking an active share in the great work of government, the highest earthly desire of the ripened mind." I. 199. Many will be disposed to account for these... | |
| Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - History teachers - 1846 - 558 pages
...him the main subject of history — the laws of political science, the main lesson of history — " the desire of taking an active share in the great work of government, the highest earthly desire of the ripened mind." And those who read his letters will be startled at... | |
| Jules Michelet - Europe - 1847 - 440 pages
...more necessary wants being satisfied, men awaken to the highest earthly desire of the ripened mind — the desire of taking an active share in the great work of government. The Roman commons abandoned the highest magistracies to the patricians for a period of many years ;... | |
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