Measures As Well As Men, or, the Present and Future Interests of Great Britain
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781150078064
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1806 edition. Excerpt: ... ministerial corruption, nor that corporate interest, which is considerable in both houses of Parliament, will bias your judgment; and that you will not be offended at the freedom of this address, when the political crime and economical imbecility, which must necessarily predominate in an imperfect and corrupt state of nations, have at last arrived at such a state, that they can no longer be permitted; and when, if the censure affect you as hereditary successors to it, it is in your power immediately to remove it, and acquire higher honours than have yet been recorded in history, by the consummation of human perfection, and the establishment of an era, as yet practically unknown to mankind, an era however, which corresponds with the original design of creation. In thus soliciting your earnest attention to the system, I seek to engage you in a diligent, free, and unlimited study of general welfare, which is very different from the too slight consideration you have hitherto given to it. What however that study is; how much it has been neglected; and how it is to be conducted; have been so fully explained in the preceding pages, as to leave only a few general observations to be advanced here concerning it. One principal object for your attention is to trace out the various interests of general welfare, and give them a stable form, by comprehending them under a system; and having thus obtained a full, simple, and clear knowledge of each in its proper place of reference, to collect and combine all the different measures and all expedients that are required, for the purpose of forming appropriate practical plans to carry those interests into effect. Without doing this, all disquisitions and proposals are necessarily speculative, and cannot be...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150078064 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150078065 |
| Weight | 0.41 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.28 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 118 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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