The Ideas of the Day on Policy

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John Murray, 1868 - 154 עמודים

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עמוד 79 - ... these bulwarks against any sudden and overwhelming tide of popular delusion appear to me to have been one of the main causes of the good working of our ancient constitution, and, still more, of its long duration.
עמוד 144 - BISSET'S (ANDREW) History of the Commonwealth of England, from the Death of Charles I. to the Expulsion of the Long Parliament by Cromwell.
עמוד 143 - SMILES'S HISTORY OF THE HUGUENOTS. The Huguenots: their Settlements, Churches, and Industries in England and Ireland. By SAMUEL SMILES. With an Appendix relating to the Huguenots in America. Crown 8vo, Cloth, $2 00. SMILES'S HUGUENOTS AFTER THE REVOCATION.
עמוד 78 - ... mankind, only if we so act that the humblest among us, so long as he behaves in straight and decent fashion, has guaranteed to him under the law his right to life, to liberty, to protection from injustice, his right to enjoy the fruits of his own honest labor, and his right of the pursuit of happiness in his own way, so long as he .does not trespass on the rights of others. Our only safe motto is "All men up
עמוד 16 - XXXIV. (2.) Some who reject that principle, still % hold the idea that it is not outward, artificial safeguards that can uphold the power of the Church ; but only her own truth, goodness, and beauty.
עמוד 141 - ... 1. That It is neither right nor politic for the State to afford legal protection and sanction to any traffic or system that tends to increase crime, to waste the national resources, to corrupt the social habits, and to destroy the health and lives of the people. " 2. That the traffic in intoxicating liquors, as common beverages, is Inimical to the true interests of individuals, and destructive to the order and welfare of society, and ought, therefore, to be prohibited.
עמוד 31 - LXXIII. (4) The idea that, there being such great diversities of religious belief among the subjects of the English Crown, it is matter of necessity that religious education should be left to the discretion of the managers of the schools, and that the State should take no cognisance of its absence, presence, or nature.

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