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... better ? When Louis XVI was executed and Robespierre and after- wards Napoleon ruled , did better or worse men prevail ? And when were better men in power : when the men of Versailles possessed it in 1871 or the Communards ? When ...
... better ? When Louis XVI was executed and Robespierre and after- wards Napoleon ruled , did better or worse men prevail ? And when were better men in power : when the men of Versailles possessed it in 1871 or the Communards ? When ...
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... better people and that the only means of delivering men from evil is by violence . Then indeed violence could never cease . But as , on the contrary , it is not the better who do violence to the worse , but the worse who do violence to ...
... better people and that the only means of delivering men from evil is by violence . Then indeed violence could never cease . But as , on the contrary , it is not the better who do violence to the worse , but the worse who do violence to ...
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... better and better under the influence of government ( on the contrary that influence only makes them worse ) but because as men in general constantly tend to improve , so even the worse people who are in power will become less and less ...
... better and better under the influence of government ( on the contrary that influence only makes them worse ) but because as men in general constantly tend to improve , so even the worse people who are in power will become less and less ...
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU | 1 |
CHRISTIANITY AND PATRIOTISM 1894 | 461 |
THE MARSEILLAISE IN FRENCH | 467 |
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