The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke, Volumen4Cosimo, Inc., 2008 M01 1 - 508 páginas This 12-volume set contains the complete life works of EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), Irish political writer and statesman. Educated at a Quaker boarding school and at Trinity College in Dublin, Burke's eloquence gained him a high position in Britain's Whig party, and he was active in public life. He supported limitations on the power of the monarch and believed that the British people should have a greater say in their government. In general, Burke spoke out against the persecutions perpetuated by the British Empire on its colonies, including America, Ireland, and India. Burke's speeches and writings influenced the great thinkers of his day, including America's Founding Fathers. In Volume IV, readers will find: . "Letter in Answer to Some Objections to His Book on French Affairs" . "Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs" . "Letter to a Peer of Ireland on the Penal Laws Against Irish Catholics" . "Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe, On the Subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland" . "Hunts for a Memorial to be Delivered to Monsieur De M.M." . "Thoughts on French Affairs" . "Heads for Consideration on the Present State of Affairs" . "Remarks on the Policy of the Allies With Respect to France" |
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... reason is to be hazarded , though it may be perverted by craft and sophistry ; for reason can suffer no loss nor shame , nor can it impede any useful plan of future policy . In the unavoidable uncertainty as to the effect , which OF THE ...
... reason is to be hazarded , though it may be perverted by craft and sophistry ; for reason can suffer no loss nor shame , nor can it impede any useful plan of future policy . In the unavoidable uncertainty as to the effect , which OF THE ...
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... reason to those that ought to be reasonable creatures , and to take our chance for the event . We cannot act on these anomalies in the minds of men . I do not conceive that the persons who have contrived these things can be made much ...
... reason to those that ought to be reasonable creatures , and to take our chance for the event . We cannot act on these anomalies in the minds of men . I do not conceive that the persons who have contrived these things can be made much ...
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... reason , which appears to them only in the form of censure and reproach . Great distress has never hith- erto taught , and whilst the world lasts it never will teach , wise lessons to any part of mankind . Men are as much blinded by the ...
... reason , which appears to them only in the form of censure and reproach . Great distress has never hith- erto taught , and whilst the world lasts it never will teach , wise lessons to any part of mankind . Men are as much blinded by the ...
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... reasons for thinking the Emperor's government would be more mischiev- ous or more oppressive to human nature than that of the Turk ; yet , on mere motives of policy , that prince has interposed , with the threat of all his force , to ...
... reasons for thinking the Emperor's government would be more mischiev- ous or more oppressive to human nature than that of the Turk ; yet , on mere motives of policy , that prince has interposed , with the threat of all his force , to ...
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... a deranged understanding : for where there is no sound reason , there can be no real virtue ; and madness is ever vicious and malignant . The Assembly proceeds on maxims the very reverse of these 24 LETTER TO A MEMBER.
... a deranged understanding : for where there is no sound reason , there can be no real virtue ; and madness is ever vicious and malignant . The Assembly proceeds on maxims the very reverse of these 24 LETTER TO A MEMBER.
Contenido
APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS | 57 |
LETTER TO A PEER OF IRELAND ON THE PENAL LAWS | 217 |
LETTER TO SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE ON THE SUBJECT | 241 |
HINTS FOR A MEMORIAL TO BE DELIVERED TO Monsieur | 307 |
THOUGHTS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS | 313 |
HEADS FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE PRESENT STATE | 379 |
REMARKS ON THE POLOCY OF THE ALLIES WITH RESPECT | 403 |
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