...that moment we have no compass to govern us; nor can we know distinctly to what port we steer. . . . But one of the first and most leading principles on...is lest the temporary possessors and life-renters in it, unmindful of what they have received from their ancestors, or of what is due to their posterity,...

...mass of human imperfections and infirmities is to be found. When they are habitually convinced that no evil can be acceptable, either in the act or the permission,...all magistrates, civil, ecclesiastical, or military, anything that bears the least resemblance to a proud and lawless domination. But one of the first and...

...mass of human imperfections and infirmities is to be found. When they are habitually convinced that no evil can be acceptable, either in the act or the permission,...all magistrates, civil, ecclesiastical, or military, anything that bears the least resemblance to a proud and lawless domination. But one of the first and...

...Indeed, later in the same work, Burke described what could be a definition of environmental stewardship:2 [O]ne of the first and most leading principles on...which the commonwealth and the laws are consecrated is [that] the temporary possessors and life-renters in it [should be mindful] of what is due to their...

...of human imperfections and infirmities, is to be found. When they are habitually convinced that no evil can be acceptable, either in the act or the permission,...is lest the temporary possessors and life-renters in it, unmindful of what they have received from their ancestors, or of what is due to their posterity,...

...subsequently drawn by Burke, and drawn in words which give a startling echo to those just quoted from Hume: ' One of the first and most leading principles on which...is lest the temporary possessors and life-renters in it, unmindful of what they have received from their ancestors or of what is due to their posterity,...