The Quarterly Review, Volume 232William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1919 |
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alliance thus begun , Clive secured the general support of something like a party , whereas Bussy could never obtain more than the selfish and uncertain aid of individuals . The fruits of this were soon evident .
alliance thus begun , Clive secured the general support of something like a party , whereas Bussy could never obtain more than the selfish and uncertain aid of individuals . The fruits of this were soon evident .
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THE question , how far the dictates of individual morality apply to the conduct of the State , is one of the highest practical importance at the present time , while it also embodies a strictly scientific problem , connected both with ...
THE question , how far the dictates of individual morality apply to the conduct of the State , is one of the highest practical importance at the present time , while it also embodies a strictly scientific problem , connected both with ...
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The difference is perhaps still clearer in the contrast between the independent individual and the trustee . The individual is entitled to spend his whole fortune in charity if he likes ; the trustee cannot do so , for he has to ...
The difference is perhaps still clearer in the contrast between the independent individual and the trustee . The individual is entitled to spend his whole fortune in charity if he likes ; the trustee cannot do so , for he has to ...
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If States in their mutual relations are actuated by the evil motives which we condemn in individuals , such as covetousness ... and the like , they do not , according to this view , incur the same severe censure as the individual .
If States in their mutual relations are actuated by the evil motives which we condemn in individuals , such as covetousness ... and the like , they do not , according to this view , incur the same severe censure as the individual .
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of the whole matter is , that the morality of altruism or the feeling of brotherhood can only be applied between individuals , but not between States . And this conclusion is supported by quoting one or another great statesman's motto ...
of the whole matter is , that the morality of altruism or the feeling of brotherhood can only be applied between individuals , but not between States . And this conclusion is supported by quoting one or another great statesman's motto ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 232 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1919 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Oct 2005 |
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