 | W. Wesley McDonald - 2004 - 260 Seiten
...better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages." Prejudice, moreover, "is of ready application in the emergency; it previously...leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision, skeptical, puzzled, and unresolved. Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit; and not a series of... | |
 | Philip Catton, Graham Macdonald - 2004 - 252 Seiten
...permanence . . . (engaging) the mind in a steady course of wisdom and virtue . . . (and not leaving) the man hesitating in the moment of decision, sceptical, puzzled and unresolved. (Ibid.) 198 Much of this concerns a difference of attitude between the rationalist and the conservative,... | |
 | Julie Nash - 2006 - 236 Seiten
...Book I). Burke goes on to defend the social status quo, including individual prejudices, saying that, 'Prejudice is of ready application in the emergency;...leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision— skeptical, puzzled, unresolved' (223-224). Maria Edgeworth may have had a number of prejudices, but... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 718 Seiten
...reason, has a motive to give action to that reason, and an affection which will give it permanence. Prejudice is of ready application in the emergency;...leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision, skeptical, puzzled, and unresolved. Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and not a series of... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 2006 - 469 Seiten
...its reason has a motive to give action that reason, and an affection which will give it permanence. Prejudice is of ready application in the emergency;...leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision, skeptical, puzzled, and unresolved. Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and not a series of... | |
 | Julie Nash - 2007 - 150 Seiten
...Book I) Burke goes on to defend the social status quo, including individual prejudices, saying that: "Prejudice is of ready application in the emergency;...leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision — skeptical, puzzled, unresolved" (223-4). Maria Edgeworth may have had a few prejudices, but they... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2008 - 590 Seiten
...men in England, it may be true. It ia not generally so. manenee. Prejudice is of ready application iu the emergency ; it previously engages the mind in...leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision, skeptical, puzzled, and unresolved. Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and not a series of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2008 - 590 Seiten
...men in England, it may be true. It ia not generally so. manenee. Prejudice is of ready application iu the emergency ; it previously engages the mind in...leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision, skeptical, puzzled, and unresolved. Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and not a series of... | |
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Prejudice is of ready application in the emergency ; it previously engages the mind in a steady course of wisdom and virtue, and does not leave the man hesitating in the moment of decision, sceptical, puzzled, and unresolved. Prejudice renders a man's... 
