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Author : David Hume
: Essays Moral, Political, and Literary
Text :
Mankind are, in all ages, caught by the same baits: The same tricks, played over and over again, still trepan [catch] them. The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.
From : Part II. Essay IX. Of Public Credit..
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