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The theory (propounded by Vedanta) [is] refined, abstruse, ingenious and beautiful.

— James Mackintosh

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The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity.

Vindiciæ Gallicæ (1791)

The frivolous work of polished idleness.

Dissertation on the Progress of Ethical Philosophy (1830)

It is right to be content with what we have, but never with what we are.

Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh Vol. I (1835)

Having insured the moderation of a fanatical rabble, by giving out among them the savage war-whoop of atheism, he (Edmund Burke) already fancies himself in full march to Paris.

Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself.

Vindiciæ Gallicæ (1791)

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