 | Edmund Burke - History - 1768 - 642 pages
...progreffion, and a de fire of perfection, it appear« improper to fay, that he has quitted the ftate of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that he finds a nation for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, Ъе only follows the difpofition,... | |
 | History - 1800 - 594 pages
...progreffion, and a defire of perfection, it appears improper to fay, that he has quitted the ftate of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that he finds a ftation for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the difpofition,... | |
 | History - 1800 - 596 pages
...quitted the ftate of Tus nature, when Jie hat begun to proceed; or that, he finds a Ration for wfiich; he was" not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the difpofitión, and employs the power« that pâture has given. The lafeft efforts of human invention... | |
 | Adam Ferguson - Civilization - 1809 - 484 pages
...progression, and a desire of perfection, it appears improper to say, that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that...follows the disposition, and employs the powers that nature has given. The latest efforts of human invention are but a continuation of certain devices which... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Political science - 1852 - 500 pages
...of perfection, it appears improper to say that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he nas begun to proceed ; or that he finds a station for...follows the disposition, and employs the powers, that nature has given. The latest efforts of human mvention are but a continuation of certain devices which... | |
 | William Fleming - Philosophy - 1860 - 912 pages
...of progression and a desire of perfection, it appears improper to say that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that...follows the disposition and employs the powers that nature has given. The latest efforts of human invention are but a continuation of certain devices which... | |
 | William Fleming - Philosophy - 1860 - 710 pages
...of perfection, it appears improper to say that ho has quitted the state of his nature, when he haa begun to proceed ; or that he finds a station for...follows the disposition and employs the powers that nature has given. The latest efforts of human invention are but a continuation of certain devices which... | |
 | William Fleming - Philosophy - 1860 - 698 pages
...perfection, it appears improper to say that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has be^un to proceed ; or that he finds a station for which...follows the disposition and employs the powers that nature has given. The latest efforts of human invention are but a continuation of certain devices which... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - Philosophy - 1878 - 1082 pages
...of progression and a desire of perfection, it appears improper to say that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that...follows the disposition and employs the powers that nature has given. The latest efforts of human invention are but a continuation of certain devices which... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - Philosophy - 1881 - 1080 pages
...perfection, it appears improper to say that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has bef un to proceed; or that he finds a station for which he...follows the disposition and employs the powers that nature has given. The latest efforts of human invention are but a continuation of certain devices which... | |
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If we admit that man is susceptible of improvement, and has in himself a principle of progression, and a desire of perfection, it appears improper to say, that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that he finds a station... 
