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They knew that the hierarchy would not without a fierce struggle submit to any curtailment of their power. They offered Luther armed support. Luther recoiled with horror from this suggestion. By the Word the world has been overcome, the Church has been preserved; by the Word it will also be restored.
Or would you leave those dear ones to the bitterness of dependence, when, by the sacrifice or curtailment of those luxurious habits which, if not closely watched, increase in number, and at last become necessaries, you could leave them in comfort and independence!
There was an alteration of formularies, a curtailment of rites, a declaration of renouncing, in the name of the church and state, the most palpable of the absurdities; and a change, in some instances of the persons, but in very many others of the professions merely, of the hierarchy.
I cannot myself find any cause of despair for Mussulmans in the prospect of a curtailment of their religious area in the directions indicated, or any certain reason of exultation for their enemies in the thought that with the fall of Constantinople Islam, too, will have fallen.
I now proceed to an interesting epoch in my life: the commencement of my literary labors in the Lord's cause. It marks very strongly the overruling hand of Him who was working all things after the counsel of his own will; and I will give it you without curtailment, together with my introduction, through it to the Christian community of the land.
Ten years earlier , the King had issued the famous and much misunderstood Proclamation restricting his "loving subjects" from the lands west of the mountains. The colonists interpreted this document as a tyrannous curtailment of their liberties for the benefit of the fur trade.
Pamela Winstanley was a most unhappy woman an unhappy woman without one tangible cause of complaint. True that her daughter was banished; but she was banished with the mother's full consent. Her personal extravagances had been curtailed; but she was fain to admit that the curtailment was wise, necessary, and for her own future benefit.
Parliamentary crowds present most of the characteristics common to heterogeneous crowds that are not anonymous The simplicity of their opinions Their suggestibility and its limits Their indestructible, fixed opinions and their changed opinions The reason of the predominance of indecision The role of the leaders The reason of their prestige They are the true masters of an assembly whose votes, on that account, are merely those of a small minority The absolute power they exercise The elements of their oratorical art Phrases and images The psychological necessity the leaders are under of being in a general way of stubborn convictions and narrow-minded It is impossible for a speaker without prestige to obtain recognition for his arguments The exaggeration of the sentiments, whether good or bad, of assemblies At certain moments they become automatic The sittings of the Convention Cases in which an assembly loses the characteristics of crowds The influence of specialists when technical questions arise The advantages and dangers of a parliamentary system in all countries It is adapted to modern needs; but it involves financial waste and the progressive curtailment of all liberty Conclusion.
To their minds the colonies were allowed a great deal too much liberty; their people and their leaders were not nearly so sensible of the advantage of British supremacy as they ought to be; they were forever asserting their own rights and privileges in a spirit that could only be properly met by a prompt and comprehensive curtailment of those rights and privileges.
After such a curtailment and such an example the remaining deputies cannot be otherwise than docile; neither in the central nor in the local government will the "Mountain" encounter resistance; its despotism is practically established, and all that remains is to proclaim this in legal form. XI. Institutions of the Revolutionary Government Institutions of the Revolutionary Government.
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