William Godwin

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A world of derived beings, an immense, wide creation, requires an extended scale with various ranks and orders of existence.

William Godwin
world , derived , wide
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Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.

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government
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Act up to the magnitude of your destiny.

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act , up , magnitude
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As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

William Godwin
education
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But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.

William Godwin
watchful , care , parent
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Duty is that mode of action which constitutes the best application of the capacity of the individual to the general advantage.

William Godwin
duty , mode , action
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Everything in the world is conducted by gradual process. This seems to be the great principle of harmony in the universe.

William Godwin
everything , world , gradual
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Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil.

William Godwin
everything , understood , term
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Give energy, and mental exertion will always have attraction enough.

William Godwin
give , mental , exertion
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God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

William Godwin
god , himself , right
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Government was intended to suppress injustice, but its effect has been to embody and perpetuate it.

William Godwin
government , intended , suppress
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Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.

William Godwin
education
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Government, as it was forced upon mankind by their vices, so has it commonly been the creature of their ignorance and mistake.

William Godwin
forced , mankind , commonly
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Harshness and unkindness are relative. The appearance of them may be the fruits of the greatest kindness.

William Godwin
harshness , unkindness , appearance
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He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

William Godwin
he , loves , reading