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No one can depute authority. It comes too much from personal accidents, and too little from reason or law to be handed over to others.
The Duke's Children (1879)
From all evil against which the law bars you, you should be barred, at an infinite distance, by honour, by conscience, and nobility.
The Duke's Children (1879)
Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
The Duke's Children (1879)
Speak to me of honour, of duty, and of nobility; and tell me what they require of you.
The Duke's Children (1879)
"I think it is so glorious," said the American. "There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality. That is what father says. What men ought to want is liberty."
The Duke's Children (1879)
When any body of statesmen make public asservations by one or various voices, that there is no discord among them, not a dissentient voice on any subject, people are apt to suppose that they cannot hang together much longer.
The Duke's Children (1879)