 | Christianity - 1829 - 510 pages
...(as the reviewer tells us), that the greatest possible happiness of society is attained by insuring to every man the greatest possible quantity of the produce of his labour ;' or, we would add, to take no more from him, whether in cash or freedom, than is necessary to constitute... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1844 - 446 pages
...to show, with great form, that " the greatest possible happiness of society is attained by insuring to every man the greatest possible quantity of the produce of his labour." To effect this is, in his opinion, the end of government. It is remarkable that Mr. Mill, with all... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 426 pages
...wanton and sanguinary duels, like those of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which bands of seconds risked their lives as well as the principals;...accomplish the end of its institution. The matter js not of much consequence, except as an instance of that slovenliness of thinking which is often concealed... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1897 - 1102 pages
...assumption, such a government would not perfectly accomplish the end of its institution. Yet r.'jch a government might, as far as we can perceive, " insure...slovenliness of thinking which is often concealed beneath a pecuhar ostentation of logical neatness. Having determined the ends, Mr. Mill proceeds to consider... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1860 - 1084 pages
...show, with great form, that " the greatest possijble happiness. of society is attained by insuring to ever/y man the greatest possible quantity of the produce of /his labour." To effect this is, in his opinion, the end of government. It is remarkable that Mr, Mill, with all... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1865 - 458 pages
...want on and sanguinary duels, like those of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which bands of seconds risked their lives as well as the principals...instance of that slovenliness of thinking which is often jconcealed beneath a peculiar ostentation of logical neatness. Having determined the ends, Mr. Mill... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1866 - 510 pages
...wanton and sanguinary duels, like those of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which bands of seconds risked their lives as well as the principals;...subsequent doctrine, perfectly accomplish the end of its inst'tution. The matter is not of much consequence, except as an instance of that slovenliness of thinking... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 pages
...to show, with great form, that "the greatest possible happiness of society is attained by insuring to every man the greatest possible quantity of the produce of his labour." To effect this is, in his opinion, the end of government. It is remarkable that Mr. Mill, with all... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1871 - 704 pages
...to show, with great form, that "the greatest possible happiness of society is attained by insuring to every man the greatest possible quantity of the produce of his labour." To effect this is, in his opinion, the end of government. It is remarkable that Mr. Mill, with all... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1880 - 640 pages
...wanton and sanguinary duels, like those of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, iu which bands of seconds risked their lives as well as the principals...the greatest possible quantity of the produce of his labor." Therefore, such a government might, according to Mr. Mill's subsequent doctrine, perfectly... | |
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He then proceeds to show, with great form, that " the greatest possible happiness of society is attained by insuring to every man the greatest possible quantity of the produce of his labour. 
