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To deliberate whenever I doubted, to enquire whenever I was ignorant, would
have protracted the undertaking without end, and, ... to be obtained : I saw that
one enquiry only gave occasion to another, that book referred to 56 PREFACE
TO THE.
To deliberate whenever I doubted, to enquire whenever I was ignorant, would
have protracted the undertaking without end, and, ... to be obtained : I saw that
one enquiry only gave occasion to another, that book referred to 56 PREFACE
TO THE.
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time, the small tracts and fugitive pieces, which are occasionally published ; for,
besides the general subjects of enquiry, which are cultivated by us, in common
with every other learned nation, our constitution in church and state naturally
gives ...
time, the small tracts and fugitive pieces, which are occasionally published ; for,
besides the general subjects of enquiry, which are cultivated by us, in common
with every other learned nation, our constitution in church and state naturally
gives ...
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The great qualification of him that attempts a work thus general is diligence of
enquiry. No man has opportunity or ability to acquaint himself with all the subjects
of a commercial dictionary, so as to describe from his own knowledge, or assert
on ...
The great qualification of him that attempts a work thus general is diligence of
enquiry. No man has opportunity or ability to acquaint himself with all the subjects
of a commercial dictionary, so as to describe from his own knowledge, or assert
on ...
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proceeded with incessant diligence ; and perhaps in the zeal of enquiry did not
sufficiently reflect on the silent encroachments of time, or remember, that no man
is in more danger of doing little, than he who flatters himself with abilities to do all.
proceeded with incessant diligence ; and perhaps in the zeal of enquiry did not
sufficiently reflect on the silent encroachments of time, or remember, that no man
is in more danger of doing little, than he who flatters himself with abilities to do all.
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... for the future be prevented, is an enquiry of the first importance : an enquiry
before which all the considerations which commonly busy the legislature vanish
from the view. The interruption of trade, though it may distress part of the
community, ...
... for the future be prevented, is an enquiry of the first importance : an enquiry
before which all the considerations which commonly busy the legislature vanish
from the view. The interruption of trade, though it may distress part of the
community, ...
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