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“That there should absolutely be nothing at all is utterly impossible. The mind, let it stretch its conceptions ever so far, can never so much as bring itself to conceive of a state of perfect nothing.”

Quote by Jonathan Edwards

Book:The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life

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The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life

This book is a compilation of the works of President Edwards, featuring his various writings alongside a detailed memoir of his life. more

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Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards, born on October 5, 1703, and died on March 22, 1758, was a prominent American preacher. He is known for his profound theological thoughts and unique preaching style, which had a profound impact on the religious reform in North America. more

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“The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession.”

Men Government House Lord Imagine Subjects Increase Consent Parliament Concessions House Of Lords

Book:The Public Letters of John Bright

Source: The Public Letters of John Bright

“A year ago I was in the city of Genoa, and I found that it returned seven representatives to the Sardinian Parliament at Turin, seven being its fair share, calculated according to the population of the various cities and districts of the Sardinian kingdom.”

Years Found Cities Share Fairs Years Ago Seven Population Various Kingdoms Representatives Parliament Fair Share

Book:The Public Letters of John Bright

Source: The Public Letters of John Bright

“Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great cities of the United Kingdom.”

Moments United Effort Cities Ought Bills Kingdoms Reform Smallest Representation Great Cities United Kingdom Metropolitan

Book:The Public Letters of John Bright

Source: The Public Letters of John Bright

“Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part.”

Honest Being Honest

Book:The Public Letters of John Bright

Source: The Public Letters of John Bright

“Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule and principle, by which majorities alone shall decide in Parliamentary elections, shall not be violated.”

Men Care Principles Special Demand Election Majority Every Man Polls Ballots Parliamentary Parliamentary System

Book:The Public Letters of John Bright

Source: The Public Letters of John Bright

“I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact that you are a member of the House of Commons.”

Should Facts House Poor Members Folly Slander Partisans Stoops House Of Commons

Book:The Public Letters of John Bright

Source: The Public Letters of John Bright

“It is sufficient to say, what everybody knows to be true, that the Irish population is Catholic, and that the Protestants, whether of the Episcopalian or Presbyterian Church, or of both united, are a small minority of the Irish people.”

People Knows Church United Catholic Population Being True Sufficient Minorities Protestants Presbyterians Episcopalians

Book:Speeches on Questions of Public Policy: By John Bright. Edited by James E. Thorold Rogers. In 2 Volumes

Source: Speeches on Questions of Public Policy: By John Bright. Edited by James E. Thorold Rogers. In 2 Volumes

“It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school.”

Years Firsts School Nine Nine Years

Author:John Bright

“Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war.”

Years War Facts Given Loss Trade Firm Fund Trifles Cotton Contributors American War

Book:The Public Letters of John Bright

Source: The Public Letters of John Bright

“The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part of all the possessors of it to elect something like an equal number of representatives.”

Giving Real Numbers Equal Representatives Real Power

Book:The Public Letters of John Bright

Source: The Public Letters of John Bright