 They are more disposed to examine, and more capable of seeing through, the interested complaints of faction and sedition, and they are, upon that account, less apt to be misled into any wanton or unnecessary opposition to the measures of government.  The Edinburgh Review - Page 5041833Full view - About this book
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 pages
...intelligent people, beides, are always more decent and orderly th n an ignorant and stupid one. They feel themselves, each individually, more respectable,...examine, • and more capable of seeing through, the inignorant enthusiasts, feel themselves as perfectly defenceless as the indolent, effeminate, and full... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1839 - 448 pages
...intelligent people, besidesj are always more decent and orderly than an ignorant and Stupid one. They feel themselves, each individually, more respectable,...the interested complaints of faction and sedition, and they are, upon that account, less apt to be misled into wanton or unnecessary opposition to the... | |
 | 1813 - 1404 pages
...to gain the respect of their lawful superiors, and therefore they are more disposed to respect their superiors. They are more disposed to examine and more...the interested complaints of faction and sedition : and they are, on that account, less apt to Ire misled into any wanton or unnecessary opposition to... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1851 - 168 pages
...an intelligent people is always more decent and orderly than one that is ignorant and stupid. They feel themselves each individually more respectable,...superiors, and they are therefore more disposed to respect them. The widest experience confirms the truth of this observation. The violence and outrageousness... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1852 - 848 pages
...wholly exempt. " In all that regards the education of the lower orders of the people, through national feel themselves, each individually, more respectable,...more disposed to examine, and more capable of seeing tinrough, the interested complaints of faction and sedition ; and tliey are, upon that account, less... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1853 - 832 pages
...intelligent people, besides, are always more decent and orderly than an ignorant and stupid one.1 They feel themselves, each individually, more respectable,...the interested complaints of faction and sedition ; and they are, upon that account, less apt to be misled into any wanton or unnecessary opposition... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1853 - 828 pages
...of the lower orders of the people, through national establishments of instruction, there is hardly a themselves, each individually, more respectable, and...the interested complaints of faction and sedition ; and they are, upon that account, less apt to be misled into any wanton or unnecessary opposition... | |
 | Alexander Marjoribanks - 1853 - 504 pages
...and an intelligent people are always more decent and orderly than an ignorant and stupid one. They feel 'themselves each individually more respectable,...superiors, and they are therefore more disposed to respect them. The widest experience confirms the truth of this observation. Mobs have uniformly been violent... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1854 - 138 pages
...an intelligent people is always more decent and orderly than one that is ignorant and stupid. They feel themselves each individually more respectable,...superiors, and they are therefore more disposed to respect them. The widest experience confirms the truth of this observation. The violence and outrageousness... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 pages
...observed by the same writer, " are always more decent and orderly than an ignorant and stupid one. They are more disposed to examine, and more capable...the interested complaints of faction and sedition ; and they are, upon that account, less apt to be misled into any wanton or unnecessary opposition... | |
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