The United States as a Nation: Lectures on the Centennial of American Independence Given at Berlin, Dresden, Florence, Paris, and LondonJ.R. Osgood, 1877 - 323 ページ |
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... present time , if only he happen to belong to the ruling families . On the other hand , one could almost weep to think of the number of men , with genius sufficient to have shaken the senate or to have founded our empire , who have died ...
... present time , if only he happen to belong to the ruling families . On the other hand , one could almost weep to think of the number of men , with genius sufficient to have shaken the senate or to have founded our empire , who have died ...
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... present constitution . " There was to be a president - general appointed and sup- ported by the crown , and a grand council to be chosen by the represen- tatives of the people of the several Colonies . The acts of the council required ...
... present constitution . " There was to be a president - general appointed and sup- ported by the crown , and a grand council to be chosen by the represen- tatives of the people of the several Colonies . The acts of the council required ...
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... present redress , they unconsciously drew the faint shadowy outlines of the nation , from which the fiery alchemy of war should bring out the resplendent figure of Liberty . The nation was there in posse ; a people permanently settled ...
... present redress , they unconsciously drew the faint shadowy outlines of the nation , from which the fiery alchemy of war should bring out the resplendent figure of Liberty . The nation was there in posse ; a people permanently settled ...
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... present colonial policy . Parliament now seeks to force upon the Colonies that self - administration for which we fought . 2 The colonists had taxed themselves freely , largely ; had maintained their government , their schools , their ...
... present colonial policy . Parliament now seeks to force upon the Colonies that self - administration for which we fought . 2 The colonists had taxed themselves freely , largely ; had maintained their government , their schools , their ...
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... present , that noth- ing seems wanting but that ' general consent . ' The novel- ty of the thing deters some ; the doubt of success , others ; the vain hope of reconciliation , many . But our enemies take continually every proper ...
... present , that noth- ing seems wanting but that ' general consent . ' The novel- ty of the thing deters some ; the doubt of success , others ; the vain hope of reconciliation , many . But our enemies take continually every proper ...
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95 ページ - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
179 ページ - These considerations speak a persuasive language to every reflecting and virtuous mind and exhibit the continuance of the Union as a primary object of patriotic desire. Is there a doubt whether a common government can embrace so large a sphere? Let experience solve it. To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal. We are authorized to hope that a proper organization of the whole, with the auxiliary agency of governments for the respective subdivisions will afford a happy issue to the...
248 ページ - Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils, — no, nor the human race, as I believe, — and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.
39 ページ - I have been told by an eminent bookseller, that in no branch of his business, after tracts of popular devotion, were so many books as those on the law exported to the plantations. The colonists have now fallen into the way of printing them for their own use. I hear that they have sold nearly as many of Blackstone's " Commentaries
148 ページ - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
160 ページ - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.
60 ページ - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
191 ページ - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
139 ページ - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these states, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
139 ページ - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.