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Hostile theories correct each other . The scattered elements of truth cease to conflict , and begin to coalesce . And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos . Many politicians of our time are in the habit of ...
Hostile theories correct each other . The scattered elements of truth cease to conflict , and begin to coalesce . And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos . Many politicians of our time are in the habit of ...
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By the correct and vigorous delineation of human nature , it produces interest without a pleasing or skilful plot , and laughter without the least am- bition of wit . The lover , not a very delicate or generous lover , and his adviser ...
By the correct and vigorous delineation of human nature , it produces interest without a pleasing or skilful plot , and laughter without the least am- bition of wit . The lover , not a very delicate or generous lover , and his adviser ...
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We may add , that the verses , with which the Mandra- gola is interspersed , appear to us to be the most spirited and correct of all that Machiavelli has written in metre . He seems to have entertained the same opinion ; for he has in- ...
We may add , that the verses , with which the Mandra- gola is interspersed , appear to us to be the most spirited and correct of all that Machiavelli has written in metre . He seems to have entertained the same opinion ; for he has in- ...
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It had not rendered his mind less comprehensive , but it had served to correct his speculations , and to impart to them that vivid and practical character which so widely distinguishes them from the vague theories of most political ...
It had not rendered his mind less comprehensive , but it had served to correct his speculations , and to impart to them that vivid and practical character which so widely distinguishes them from the vague theories of most political ...
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... correct accounts . The truth is , that the book belongs rather to ancient than to modern literature . It is in the style , not of Davila and Clarendon , but of Herodotus and Tacitus ; and the classical histories may almost be called ...
... correct accounts . The truth is , that the book belongs rather to ancient than to modern literature . It is in the style , not of Davila and Clarendon , but of Herodotus and Tacitus ; and the classical histories may almost be called ...
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