 | Walter Bagehot - 1881 - 286 pages
...is plainer. The first thing is the erection of what we may call a custom-making power, that is, of an authority which can enforce a fixed rule of life,...not sure, that if the sacrifice of what is in hand be made, enjoyment of the contingent expected recompense will be received. Of course I am not saying... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1915 - 272 pages
...is plainer. The first thing is the erection of what we may call a custom making power, that is, of an authority which can enforce a fixed rule of life,...not sure, that if the sacrifice of what is in hand be made, enjoyment of the contingent expected recompense will be received. Of course I am not saying... | |
 | 1871 - 780 pages
...can enforce a fixed rule of life, which, by means of that fixed rule, can in some degree create ;i calculable future, which can make it rational to postpone...not sure, that if the sacrifice of what is in hand be made, enjoyment of the contingent expected recompense will be received. Of course I am not saying... | |
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The rest of the way, if we grant these two conditions, is plainer. The first thing is the erection of what we may call a custom-making power, that is, of an authority which can enforce a fixed rule of life, which, by means of that fixed rule, can in some... 