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Philosophy consists not In airy schemes, or idle speculation; The rule and conduct of all social life Is her great province. Not in lonely cells Obscure she lurks; but holds her heavenly light To senates and to kings, to guide their councils, And teach them to reform and bless mankind. All policy but her’s is false and rotten; All valour not conducted by her precepts Is a destroying fury sent from hell, To plague unhappy man, and ruin nations.
Philosophy consists not In airy schemes, or idle speculation; The rule and conduct of all social life Is her great province. Not in lonely cells Obscure she lurks; but holds her heavenly light To senates and to kings, to guide their councils, And teach them to reform and bless mankind. All policy but her’s is false and rotten; All valour not conducted by her precepts Is a destroying fury sent from hell, To plague unhappy man, and ruin nations.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 440 · printed citation: Thomson · subject: PHILOSOPHY
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