The Sphere and Duties of Government

Category： Author：Wilhelm von Humboldt 

The book of which a translation is here offered to the English reader was published posthumously at Berlin, in the year 1852, by the Author’s younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, the eminent Naturalist. It appeared under the title of ‘Ideen zu einem Versuch, die Gr?nzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen;’ forming part of the ...

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The Journal of John Woolman

Category： Author：John Woolman 

JOHN WOOLMAN was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York,England, in 1772. He Was the child of Quaker parents, and from his youth was azealous member of the Society of Friends. His "Journal," published posthumouslyin 1774, sufficiently describes his way of life and the spirit in which he didhis work; but his extreme humil...

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