Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 2Houghton, Mifflin, 1886 |
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... absurd than another , it is , we think , the argument by which Mr. Mill proves that there cannot be an union of mon- archy and aristocracy . Their power , he says , must be equal or not equal . But of equality there is no criterion ...
... absurd than another , it is , we think , the argument by which Mr. Mill proves that there cannot be an union of mon- archy and aristocracy . Their power , he says , must be equal or not equal . But of equality there is no criterion ...
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... absurd to talk , as Mr. Mill does , about the stronger and the weaker . Popularly , indeed , and with reference to some particular objects , these words may very fairly be used . But to use them mathematically is altogether improper ...
... absurd to talk , as Mr. Mill does , about the stronger and the weaker . Popularly , indeed , and with reference to some particular objects , these words may very fairly be used . But to use them mathematically is altogether improper ...
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... absurd . In the second place , it was not we , but Mr. Mill , who said that the King of Denmark was a despot . His words are these : - " The people of Denmark , tired out with the oppression of an aristocracy , resolved that their king ...
... absurd . In the second place , it was not we , but Mr. Mill , who said that the King of Denmark was a despot . His words are these : - " The people of Denmark , tired out with the oppression of an aristocracy , resolved that their king ...
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... absurd to think of pre- venting theft by pensioning off thieves is this , that there is no limit to the number of thieves . If there were only a hundred thieves in a place , and we were quite sure that no person not already addicted to ...
... absurd to think of pre- venting theft by pensioning off thieves is this , that there is no limit to the number of thieves . If there were only a hundred thieves in a place , and we were quite sure that no person not already addicted to ...
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... absurd to infer that men will always abstain from wine when their health requires that they should do so . And it would be equally absurd to say , because men who have been accustomed to oppress care little for popularity , that men ...
... absurd to infer that men will always abstain from wine when their health requires that they should do so . And it would be equally absurd to say , because men who have been accustomed to oppress care little for popularity , that men ...
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