 But it is vain to expect that we can give to the multitude of a people a sense of union among themselves, without admitting hostility to those who oppose them. Could we at once, in the case of any nation, extinguish the emulation which is excited from...  An Essay on the History of Civil Society - Page 38de Adam Ferguson - 1789 - 424 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Stephen Wright, John Holmes Agnew - 1863 - 236 pages
...human ot candour towards their fellow-creatures, and a disposition to humanity and justice, nature. But it is vain to expect that we can give to the multitude of a people a sense of union among themselves, without admitting hostility to those who oppose them. Could we Hostility... | |
 | John Stephen Wright, John Holmes Agnew - 1863 - 224 pages
...^^forlnimaji of candour towards their fellow-creatures, and a disposition to humanity and justice, nature. But it is vain to expect that we can give to the multitude of a people a sense of union among themselves, without admitting hostility to those who oppose them. Could we Hostility... | |
 | John Stephen Wright, John Holmes Agnew - 1863 - 230 pages
...^"' ' of candour towards their fellow-creatures, and a disposition to humanity and justice. nature. But it is vain to expect that we can give to the multitude of a people a sense of union among themselves, without admitting hostility to those who oppose them. Could we nostillty... | |
 | Louis Schneider - 426 pages
...as impressive as it is chilling."18 Ferguson himself writes at the end of Section 4 of Part 1 that "it is vain to expect that we can give to the multitude of a people a sense of union among themselves without admitting hostility to those who oppose them." Or he will tell... | |
 | Leo Strauss - 1989 - 325 pages
...those of alien and foreigner, to which they refer, would fall into disuse, and lose their meaning." "It is vain to expect that we can give to the multitude of a people a sense of union among themselves, without admitting hostility to those who oppose them." See also part... | |
 | Peter Gay - 1996 - 756 pages
...found an object, or a form." In the light of Ferguson's psychology, the conclusion is inescapable: "It is vain to expect that we can give to the multitude of a people a sense of union among themselves, without admitting hostility to those who oppose them." States, like... | |
 | Adam Ferguson - 1789 - 448 pages
...hope to inftil into the breafts of private men fentiments of candour toward their fellow-creatures, and a difpofition to humanity and juftice. But it...weaken the bands of fociety at home, and clofe the bufieft fcenes of national occupations and virtues. SECT. V. Of Intelleflual Powers. MANY attempts... | |
 | Lisa Hill - 2006 - 312 pages
...actual separations in which their civil discord might otherwise terminate.'865 Ferguson opines that 'it is vain to expect that we can give to the multitude of a people a sense of union among themselves, without admitting hostility to those who oppose them'.866 Garry Wills... | |
 | Evan Gottlieb - 2007 - 282 pages
...derive much of its force from an animosity conceived to an opposite one" (16). As such, Ferguson warns, "it is vain to expect that we can give to the multitude of a people a sense of union among themselves, without admitting hostility to those •who oppose them" (25). Here,... | |
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