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| 1863 - 532 Seiten
...enjoyment. In a noble passage, Mr. Mill observes that " all the grand sources of human " suffering are, in a great degree — many " of them, almost...conquerable " by human care and effort ; and though " the removal is grievously slow — " though a long succession of genera" tions will perish in the... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1864 - 108 Seiten
...imperfect social institutions. All the grand sources, in short, of human suffering are in a great degcee, many of them almost entirely, conquerable by human...and knowledge were not wanting, it might easily be made—yet every mind sufficiently intelligent and generous to bear a part, however small and unconspicuous,... | |
| John Grote - 1870 - 396 Seiten
...time and country than on the surface it would appear to be. disease, and vicissitudes of fortune,) 'are in a great degree, many of them almost entirely, conquerable by human care and effort.' Now here of course the question, What are better Question social arrangements, is as difficult as the... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1871 - 136 Seiten
...desires, or of bad or imperfect social institutions. All the grand sources, in short, of human suffering are in a great degree, many of them almost entirely,...every mind sufficiently intelligent and generous to beiar a part, however small and unconspicudus, in the endeavour, will draw a noble enjoyment from the... | |
| A. Elley Finch - 1872 - 136 Seiten
...direct conquests over this detestable foe. . . . All the grand sources, in short, of human suffering are in a great degree, many of them almost entirely, conquerable by human care and effort.' — Mill's Utilitarianism, p. 23. 3 ' This earth is a globe or ball less than 8,000 miles in diameter,... | |
| Arthur Elley Finch - 1872 - 132 Seiten
...direct conquests over this detestable foe. . . . All the grand sources, in short, of human suffering are in a great degree, many of them almost entirely, conquerable by human care and effort.' — Mill's Utilitarianism, p. 23. 3 ' This earth is a globe or ball less than 8,000 miles in diameter,... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1873 - 408 Seiten
...the grand sources, in short, of human suffering, are in a great degree, many of them almost entirelv, conquerable by human care and effort: and though their...perish in the breach before the conquest is completed, ami this world becomes all that, if will and knowledge were not wanting, it might easily be made,—... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1873 - 410 Seiten
...desires, or of bad or imperfect social institutions. All the grand sources, in short, of human suffering, are in a great degree, many of them almost entirely,...though their removal is grievously slow ; though a lone: succession of ijene< • J • o • "• o rations will perish in the breach before the conquest... | |
| Joseph Parker - 1875 - 438 Seiten
...desires, or of bad or imperfect social institutions. All the grand sources, in short, of human suffering are in a great degree, many of them almost entirely,...intelligent and generous to bear a part, however small and inconspicuous, in the endeavour, will draw a noble enjoyment from the contest itself, which he would... | |
| John Morley - 1877 - 468 Seiten
...the grand sources of human suffering,' Mr. Mill thought, 'are in a great degree, many of them a most entirely, conquerable by human care and effort; and though their removal is grievously slow—though a long succession of generations will perish in the breach before the conquest is completed,... | |
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