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The object of the politician is expediency, and his duty is to adapt his measures to the often crude, undeveloped, and vacillating conception of the nation. The object, on the other hand, of the philosopher is truth, and his duty is to push every principle which he believes to be true to its legitimate consequences, regardless of the results that may follow.
The object of the politician is expediency, and his duty is to adapt his measures to the often crude, undeveloped, and vacillating conception of the nation. The object, on the other hand, of the philosopher is truth, and his duty is to push every principle which he believes to be true to its legitimate consequences, regardless of the results that may follow.
In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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- H. Lecky (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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Printed citation: H. Lecky. · page_445
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