Famous American Statesmen & Orators, Past and Present: With Biographical Sketches and Their Famous Orations, 第 3 巻F.F. Lovell Publishing Company, 1902 |
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... independence and his proposal in congress that Sardinia should be recognized as a first - class power . He was then sent as minister to China , and in 1867 was appointed by the Chinese regent special envoy from China to the United ...
... independence and his proposal in congress that Sardinia should be recognized as a first - class power . He was then sent as minister to China , and in 1867 was appointed by the Chinese regent special envoy from China to the United ...
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... independence of the Philippines , and in pursuance of his purpose to capture or drive the Am- erican army out of Manila . The Tagalos , under Aguinaldo , took up arms to kill their benefactors , who had never done them an injury , but ...
... independence of the Philippines , and in pursuance of his purpose to capture or drive the Am- erican army out of Manila . The Tagalos , under Aguinaldo , took up arms to kill their benefactors , who had never done them an injury , but ...
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... Independence . The consent of women , one half of the population to be governed , was not sought then nor since in order to give just powers to their government . The Saviour of mankind , when on earth , bade his disciples , " Be ye ...
... Independence . The consent of women , one half of the population to be governed , was not sought then nor since in order to give just powers to their government . The Saviour of mankind , when on earth , bade his disciples , " Be ye ...
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... Independence prac- tically apply , and were intended only thus to ap- ply , to a people fitted for self - government . It is an absurdity to apply them in practice to a people unfitted by general intelligence or experience to carry on a ...
... Independence prac- tically apply , and were intended only thus to ap- ply , to a people fitted for self - government . It is an absurdity to apply them in practice to a people unfitted by general intelligence or experience to carry on a ...
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... independence which alarms by its sallies or wounds by its inconsistencies . We have seen that here , as everywhere else , knowl- edge is favorable to human virtue and human happi- ness ; that the refinement of literature adds lustre to ...
... independence which alarms by its sallies or wounds by its inconsistencies . We have seen that here , as everywhere else , knowl- edge is favorable to human virtue and human happi- ness ; that the refinement of literature adds lustre to ...
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197 ページ - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights,...
90 ページ - THE (WEST,) AND SHALL SIT DOWN WITH (A)BRAHAM, AND (I)SAAC, AND (J)ACOB, IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. BUT THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE CAST OUT INTO OUTER DARKNESS: THERE SHALL BE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH.
90 ページ - Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
288 ページ - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech.
219 ページ - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
280 ページ - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
203 ページ - In Carolina the tariff is a palpable, deliberate usurpation ; Carolina, therefore, may nullify it, and refuse to pay the duties. In Pennsylvania it is both clearly constitutional and highly expedient ; and there the duties are to be paid. And yet we live under a government of uniform laws, and under a constitution, too, which contains an express provision, as it happens, that all duties shall be equal in all the States. Does not this approach absurdity...
8 ページ - This government de facto will, of course, exercise no power inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution of the United States, which is the supreme law of the land.
54 ページ - We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, ' that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed...
225 ページ - He would answer, of course, treason. No lawyer could give any other answer. John Fries, he would tell them, had learned that some years ago. How, then, they would ask, do you propose to defend us ? We are not afraid of bullets, but treason has a way of taking people off, that we do not much relish. How do you propose to defend us ? " Look at my floating banner," he would reply; " see there "the nullifying law!