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... human rights . So much use has been made of that Fourteenth Amendment that it has been specifically proposed that whenever an act is passed by two differ- ent sessions of a legislature , and approved by the electorate upon a referendum ...
... human rights . So much use has been made of that Fourteenth Amendment that it has been specifically proposed that whenever an act is passed by two differ- ent sessions of a legislature , and approved by the electorate upon a referendum ...
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... human rights , yet the idea behind this Constitu- tional barrier is a sound one . It comes down to a question of political policy . Do we need checks upon over - hasty legislative action ? Or do we need rather to progress more freely ...
... human rights , yet the idea behind this Constitu- tional barrier is a sound one . It comes down to a question of political policy . Do we need checks upon over - hasty legislative action ? Or do we need rather to progress more freely ...
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... human attitude , the dislike of conduct that varies from our own . More serious even than this is the fact that there are whole classes of workers who , while being cogs in a great industrial or commercial machine , have no least share ...
... human attitude , the dislike of conduct that varies from our own . More serious even than this is the fact that there are whole classes of workers who , while being cogs in a great industrial or commercial machine , have no least share ...
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... human beings working like bees in a vast plant there are countless precious human capacities that lie dormant or are absolutely ignored . ' Mute inglorious Miltons , ' men with scien- tific , artistic , or moral gifts , are forced to ...
... human beings working like bees in a vast plant there are countless precious human capacities that lie dormant or are absolutely ignored . ' Mute inglorious Miltons , ' men with scien- tific , artistic , or moral gifts , are forced to ...
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... Human nature is all too prone to resort to blows instead of argument ; and if this group or that were to win their point by lawbreaking , or some illegal coup d'état , other groups would be powerfully encouraged to yield to their ...
... Human nature is all too prone to resort to blows instead of argument ; and if this group or that were to win their point by lawbreaking , or some illegal coup d'état , other groups would be powerfully encouraged to yield to their ...
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