 | Walter Bagehot - 1891 - 728 ページ
...Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it. Not only the prejudices of the public, but what is...their rivals in the home market ; were the former to animate their soldiers in the same manner as the latter inflame their workmen, to attack with violence... | |
 | 1891 - 790 ページ
...Great Britain is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it. Not only the prejudices of the public, but, what is...interests of many individuals, irresistibly oppose it." 1 This curious example of the danger of political prophecy should suffice to dispel the apathy generally... | |
 | A. Scott Matheson - 1894 - 394 ページ
...expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it. Not only the prejudices of the people, but, what is much more unconquerable, the private...interests of many individuals, irresistibly oppose it.' Half a century later Peel abolished the Corn Laws, and uttered the memorable words : ' I shall leave'a... | |
 | Joseph Shield Nicholson - 1897 - 358 ページ
...Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it. Not only the prejudices of the public, but what is much more lmconquerable, the private interests of many individuals, irresistibly oppose it." Just as protection... | |
 | George Armitage-Smith - 1898 - 252 ページ
...Great Britain is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it. Not only the prejudices of the public, but, what is...interests of many individuals, irresistibly oppose it." 2 This quotation substantially expresses the reasons why many other nations still refrain from adopting... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 484 ページ
...Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it. Not only the prejudices of the public, but what is...their rivals in the home market ; were the former to animate their soldiers, in the same manner as the latter inflame their workmen, to attack with violence... | |
 | Albion W. Small - 1907 - 290 ページ
...public, but i what is more unconquerable, the private interests of many individuals, irresistibly opposed it. Were the officers of the army to oppose with the...their rivals in the home market; were the former to animate their soldiers, in the same manner as the latter enflame their workmen, to attack with violence... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1908 - 352 ページ
...Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it. Not only the prejudices of the public, but, what is...interests of many individuals, irresistibly oppose it." " If," he adds, "a member of Parliament opposes monopolies, and still more if he has authority enough... | |
 | Joseph Shield Nicholson - 1909 - 324 ページ
...Great Britain is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it. Not only the prejudices of the public, but what is...interests of many individuals irresistibly oppose it." § 20. Extension of the Principle of Vested Interests. is threatened by the opening up of some new... | |
 | Joseph Shield Nicholson - 1909 - 328 ページ
...Great Britain is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it. Not only the prejudices of the public, but what is...interests of many individuals irresistibly oppose it." § 20. Extension of the Principle of Vested Interests. The principle at the basis of this exception... | |
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To expect, indeed, that the freedom of trade should ever be entirely restored in Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it. Not only the prejudices of the public, but what is much more unconquerable,... 
