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... violation can ever wholly efface . There are capacities and faculties whose organic functions in their mutual relations , and relatively to their environment , are clearly manifest , however enfeebled by misuse , or de- formed by abuse ...
... violation can ever wholly efface . There are capacities and faculties whose organic functions in their mutual relations , and relatively to their environment , are clearly manifest , however enfeebled by misuse , or de- formed by abuse ...
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... violation of his ultimate constitutional right to a free use of his powers in the gratification of his normal desires . On this class of interferences we proceed to bestow special consideration . CHAPTER III TRESPASS § 33. Having ...
... violation of his ultimate constitutional right to a free use of his powers in the gratification of his normal desires . On this class of interferences we proceed to bestow special consideration . CHAPTER III TRESPASS § 33. Having ...
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... violating that right , becomes a tyrant . Thus rights vary with relations . Those of parent in child are different from those of child in parent ; those of benefactor in recipi- ent , from those of recipient in benefactor ; and both ...
... violating that right , becomes a tyrant . Thus rights vary with relations . Those of parent in child are different from those of child in parent ; those of benefactor in recipi- ent , from those of recipient in benefactor ; and both ...
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... violate any right , but only unwarranted inter- ference . The notion of a right implies that any intelligent ... violation , a possible wrong.1 1 Right ( Lat . jus ) as a substantive , a right or rights , denotes a claim of one ...
... violate any right , but only unwarranted inter- ference . The notion of a right implies that any intelligent ... violation , a possible wrong.1 1 Right ( Lat . jus ) as a substantive , a right or rights , denotes a claim of one ...
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... violate the right of another , or does no one a wrong . We have just seen that the right of either party exists only in view of its conceivable violation by the other . The modified expression of the principle brings out the point that ...
... violate the right of another , or does no one a wrong . We have just seen that the right of either party exists only in view of its conceivable violation by the other . The modified expression of the principle brings out the point that ...
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Page 260 - It is a partnership in all science ; a partnership in all art ; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Page 285 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Page 167 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 183 - Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.
Page 254 - What constitutes a state ? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Page 22 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion: for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 268 - ... of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and...
Page 37 - I have already urged, the practice of that which is ethically best — what we call goodness or virtue — involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless selfassertion it demands self-restraint; in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all competitors, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect, but shall help his fellows; its influence is directed, not so much to the survival...
Page 132 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 170 - The leper raised not the gold from the dust : "Better to me the poor man's crust, Better the blessing of the poor, Though I turn me empty from his door ; That is no true alms which the hand can hold ; He gives nothing but worthless gold Who gives from a sense of duty...