Speeches, Lectures, and LettersLee and Shepard, 1878 - 562 страници |
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... Revolution and the tragedy at Alton . We have heard it asserted here , in Faneuil Hall , that Great Britain had a right to tax the Colonies , and we have heard the mob at Alton , the drunken murderers of Lovejoy , com- pared to those ...
... Revolution and the tragedy at Alton . We have heard it asserted here , in Faneuil Hall , that Great Britain had a right to tax the Colonies , and we have heard the mob at Alton , the drunken murderers of Lovejoy , com- pared to those ...
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... right and duty of magistrates to execute the laws , join with me and brand as base hypoc- risy the conduct of those who assemble year after year on the 4th of July , to fight over the battles of the Revolution , and yet " damn with ...
... right and duty of magistrates to execute the laws , join with me and brand as base hypoc- risy the conduct of those who assemble year after year on the 4th of July , to fight over the battles of the Revolution , and yet " damn with ...
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... right to make it because it displeases the community ? Who invents this libel on his country ? It is this very thing which entitles Lovejoy to greater praise . The dis- puted right which provoked the Revolution - taxation without ...
... right to make it because it displeases the community ? Who invents this libel on his country ? It is this very thing which entitles Lovejoy to greater praise . The dis- puted right which provoked the Revolution - taxation without ...
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... Revolution , that Boston , though be- trayed by her magistrates , her wealth ... right of free speech in the city of Adams and Otis . History , which always ... right to speak , write , and publish upon any subject , and more especially ...
... Revolution , that Boston , though be- trayed by her magistrates , her wealth ... right of free speech in the city of Adams and Otis . History , which always ... right to speak , write , and publish upon any subject , and more especially ...
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... right . The Puritans believed that institutions were made for man . Europe established a civilization , which , like ... Revolution , the Puritan pulse beat in unquailing , never - faltering allegiance to this principle of the sacredness ...
... right . The Puritans believed that institutions were made for man . Europe established a civilization , which , like ... Revolution , the Puritan pulse beat in unquailing , never - faltering allegiance to this principle of the sacredness ...
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Страница 395 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor : behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine ; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
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Страница 493 - I would call him Napoleon, but Napoleon made his way to empire over broken oaths and through a sea of blood. This man never broke his word. I would call him Cromwell, but Cromwell was only a soldier, and the state he founded went down with him into his grave. I would call him Washington, but the great Virginian held slaves.
Страница 168 - In order to prevent those, who are vested with authority, from becoming oppressors, the people have a right, at such periods and in such manner as they shall establish by their frame of government, to cause their public officers to return to private life ; and to fill up vacant places by certain and regular elections and appointments.
Страница 494 - You think me a fanatic to-night, for you read history, not with your eyes, but with your prejudices. But fifty years hence, when Truth gets a hearing, the Muse of History will put Phocion for the Greek...
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Страница 91 - I have no idea of a liberty unconnected with honesty and justice. Nor do I believe that any good constitutions of government, or of freedom, can find it necessary for their security to doom any part of the people to a permanent slavery. Such a constitution of freedom, if such can be, is in effect no more than another name for the tyranny of the strongest faction; and factions in republics have been, and are, full as capable as monarchs of the most cruel oppression and injustice.
Страница 425 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?