How glorious, then, is the prospect, the reverse of all the past, which is now opening upon us, and upon the world. Government, we may now expect to see, not only in theory and in books but in actual practice, calculated for the general good, and taking no more upon it than the general good requires, leaving all men the enjoyment of as many of their natural rights as possible, and no more interfering with matters of religion, with men's notions concerning God, and a future state, than with philosophy, or medicine.
It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting. - Joseph Priestley
It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.
- Joseph Priestley
Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we might see nothing ver… - Joseph Priestley
Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we might see nothing ver…
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others. - Joseph Priestley
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others.
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no idea before, so that we cannot solve one … - Joseph Priestley
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no idea before, so that we cannot solve one …
To me there is in happiness an element of self-forgetfulness. You lose yourself in something outside yourself when you are happy; just as when you ar… - Joseph Priestley
To me there is in happiness an element of self-forgetfulness. You lose yourself in something outside yourself when you are happy; just as when you ar…
The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write. - Joseph Priestley
The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
The feeling of it to my lungs was not sensibly different from that of common air; but I fancied that my breast felt peculiarly light and easy for som… - Joseph Priestley
The feeling of it to my lungs was not sensibly different from that of common air; but I fancied that my breast felt peculiarly light and easy for som…
Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other pers… - Joseph Priestley
Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other pers…
When we say there is a GOD, we mean that there is an intelligent designing cause of what we see in the world around us, and a being who was himself u… - Joseph Priestley
When we say there is a GOD, we mean that there is an intelligent designing cause of what we see in the world around us, and a being who was himself u…
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