 I promised it, but because justice prescribes it. I have promised to bestow a sum of money upon some good and respectable purpose. In the interval between the promise and my fulfilling it, a greater and nobler purpose offers itself, which calls with an...  Memoirs of Modern Philosophers - 74 ページElizabeth Hamilton 著 - 1804 - 402 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1801 - 1152 ページ
...two, it is fitting chat the one moft ufelefs to fociety fhould fufter. " My promife has been pafled to his brother. True ; but in the interval, betwixt...Ought I not to be guided by the intrinfic merit of the objects, and not by any external and foreign confederation ? And what merit has this old man to boaft... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 582 ページ
...between •• the promise and my fulfilling it, a greater and nobler purpose offers " itself, which calls with an imperious voice for my co-operation. " Which ought I to prefer ? That which best deserves my pre*' ference. A promise can make no alteration in the case. I ought " to be... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 348 ページ
...interval " between the promise and my fulfilling it, a greater and nobler purpose offers itself, " which calls with an imperious voice for my co-operation. Which ought I to prc" fer ? That which best deserves my preference. A promise can make no altera" lion in the caee.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 442 ページ
...interval between the promise and my fulfilling it, a greater and nobler purpose offers itself, which calls with an imperious voice for my co-operation. Which ought I to prefer ? That which best deserves my preference. A promise can make no alteration in the case. I ought to be guided... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 ページ
...interval between the promise and my fulfilling it, a greater and nobler purpose offers itself, which calls with an imperious voice for my co-operation. Which ought I to prefer? That which best deserves my preference. A promise can make no alteration in the case. I ought to be guided... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1847 - 666 ページ
...interval between the promise and my fulfilling it, a greater and nobler purpose offers itself, which rails with an imperious voice for my co-operation. Which ought I to prefer? That which best deserves tny preference. A promise can make no alteration in the case. I ought to be guided... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 450 ページ
...interval between the promise and my fulfilling it, a greater and nobler purpose offers itself, which calls with an imperious voice for my co-operation. Which ought I to prefer? That which best deserves my preference. A promise can make n0 alteration in the case. I ought to be guided... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1877 - 448 ページ
...interval between the promise and my fulfilling it, a greater and nobler purpose offers itself, which calls with an imperious voice for my co-operation. Which ought I to prefer ? Tim; which best deserves my preference. A promise can make no alteration in the case. I ought to... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1921 - 660 ページ
...interval « between the promise and my fulfilling it, a grea ter and nobler purpose oners itself, " which calls with an imperious voice for my co-operation. Which ought I to pre' fer ? That which best deserves my preference. A promise can make no altera' tion in the case.... | |
 | Mark Tunick - 1998 - 268 ページ
...the interval between the promise and my fulfilling it, a greater and nobler purpose offers itself, and calls with an imperious voice for my cooperation Which ought I to prefer?88 Godwin, a utilitarian, responds: "That which best deserves my preference. A promise can make... | |
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