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Side 17
... suffrage , which is the per- fection of political justice , because it is political equality . This democracy was made to act with counsel by means of the prin- ciple of representation ; and the representatives in the various ...
... suffrage , which is the per- fection of political justice , because it is political equality . This democracy was made to act with counsel by means of the prin- ciple of representation ; and the representatives in the various ...
Side 18
... suffrage , ex- ercised with wisdom and moderation , would be the most conser- vative of all institutions in a country where the dissemination of knowledge and of wealth should be nearly equal . There is an opinion that our system is ...
... suffrage , ex- ercised with wisdom and moderation , would be the most conser- vative of all institutions in a country where the dissemination of knowledge and of wealth should be nearly equal . There is an opinion that our system is ...
Side 41
... suffrage , ' and he further pledged himself , that a law should be submitted , to begin immediately the great work of education . I was made lieutenant - general of the kingdom . I did not wish that office , but it seemed necessary to ...
... suffrage , ' and he further pledged himself , that a law should be submitted , to begin immediately the great work of education . I was made lieutenant - general of the kingdom . I did not wish that office , but it seemed necessary to ...
Side 58
... suffrage was then conferred on catholics in Ireland having free- holds of the annual value of forty shillings . Then , and long afterward , the right was indeed useless , and suffrage was yielded with the rents due to the superior lords ...
... suffrage was then conferred on catholics in Ireland having free- holds of the annual value of forty shillings . Then , and long afterward , the right was indeed useless , and suffrage was yielded with the rents due to the superior lords ...
Side 66
... suffrage . But there was now a power higher than the landlord . You see a mass of the peasantry of Clare issuing from the little parish - church on the hillside . They have reverently received the mass ; but their steps indicate ...
... suffrage . But there was now a power higher than the landlord . You see a mass of the peasantry of Clare issuing from the little parish - church on the hillside . They have reverently received the mass ; but their steps indicate ...
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