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...ECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION of John Stuart Mill Autobiography by John Stuart Mill is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University.... ...y felt in the mere wars and conquests of the Romans. I dis cussed all the constitutional points as they arose: though quite ignorant of Niebuhr’s res... ...nce of Livy, and upheld, to the best of my ability, the Ro man Democratic party. A few years later, in my contempt of my childish efforts, I destroye... ... a severity, at that time most un 17 John Stuart Mill usual, the English Constitution, the English law, and all par ties and classes who possessed ... ...ub lished, they would, I am convinced, place his character as a practical statesman fully on a level with his eminence as a speculative writer. 18 A... ...blic and private. He was acquainted with many of the chiefs of the Liberal party, and I saw various noteworthy persons while staying at this house; am... ...spondence with India in one of the leading departments, that of the Native States. This contin ued to be my official duty until I was appointed Exami... ...d speak 73 John Stuart Mill ers of the Cambridge Union and of the Oxford United De bating Society. It is curiously illustrative of the tendencies o... ... the name of friendship, in a really earnest mind. All these circumstances united, made the number very small of those whose society, and still more w...

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...me T wo With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, B B B B By the y the y the y the y the RE RE RE RE REV V V V V. GEOR . GEOR . GEOR ... ... position, as belonging to the Roman Catholic faith, the feebleness of his constitution, the uncertainty of his real creed, and one or two other circu... ...rdest things, 42 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 Can pocket states, can fetch or carry kings; A single leaf shall waft an army o’er, Or... ...n knights and squires confound, Or water all the quorum ten miles round? A statesman’s slumbers how this speech would spoil! ‘Sir, Spain has sent a th... ...d, ashamed to see Senates degenerate, patriots disagree, And nobly wishing party-rage to cease, T o buy both sides, and give thy country peace. ... ... abused all, even to women, and whose prostituted papers (for one or other party, in the unhappy divisions of their country) have in- sulted the falle... ...dull and unjust abuse of a person who wrote in defence of our religion and constitution, and who has been dead many years.’ 158 This seemeth also mos... ...d for wit! See under Ripley rise a new Whitehall, While Jones’ and Boyle’s united labours fall; 379 While Wren with sorrow to the grave descends, 229... ... Button’s, and a justice of the peace.’—P . 379 ‘While Jones’ and Boyle’s united labours fall:’ at the time when this poem was written, the banquetin...

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...S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION The Contest in America by John Stuart Mill is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University.... ...ar would soon have buried its causes in oblivion. When the new Confederate States, made an in dependent Power by English help, had begun their crusad... ...t up, not even against both parties equally, but almost solely against the party in the right, and the ungenerous refusal of all those just allowances... ...interpretation of the war in which we have been so nearly engaged with the United States, appear by many degrees the most probable. There is no de ny... ...etation of the war in which we have been so nearly engaged with the United States, appear by many degrees the most probable. There is no de nying tha... ...s and in the plains of Kansas; on the slavery question exclusively was the party constituted which now rules the United States: on slavery Fremont was... ...slavery question exclusively was the party constituted which now rules the United States: on slavery Fremont was rejected, on slavery Lincoln was elec... ...ions. The Republican party have taken their stand on law, and the existing constitution of the Union. They have disclaimed all right to attempt anythi... ...f the Union. They have disclaimed all right to attempt anything which that constitution forbids. It does forbid interference by the Federal Congress w...