Orations and Arguments by English and American StatesmenCornelius Beach Bradley Allyn and Bacon, 1894 - 378 страници |
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... body ? The reverse . It is the very food that has nourished every other part into its 30 present magnitude . Our general trade has been greatly augmented , and augmented more or less in almost every part to which it ever extended ; but ...
... body ? The reverse . It is the very food that has nourished every other part into its 30 present magnitude . Our general trade has been greatly augmented , and augmented more or less in almost every part to which it ever extended ; but ...
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... body , and should tell him : " Young man , there is America- which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men , and uncouth manners ; 10 yet shall , before you taste of death , show itself equal to ...
... body , and should tell him : " Young man , there is America- which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men , and uncouth manners ; 10 yet shall , before you taste of death , show itself equal to ...
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... and to prove that the right had been acknowledged in ancient parchments and blind usages to reside in a certain body 35 called a House of Commons . They went much farther ; they attempted to prove , and they succeeded , that 18 Burke .
... and to prove that the right had been acknowledged in ancient parchments and blind usages to reside in a certain body 35 called a House of Commons . They went much farther ; they attempted to prove , and they succeeded , that 18 Burke .
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... body , and has a regular establishment . It is cer- tainly true . There is , however , a circumstance attending these Colonies which , in my opinion , fully counterbal- 10 ances this difference , and makes the spirit of liberty still ...
... body , and has a regular establishment . It is cer- tainly true . There is , however , a circumstance attending these Colonies which , in my opinion , fully counterbal- 10 ances this difference , and makes the spirit of liberty still ...
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... bodies the circulation of power must be less vigorous at the extremities . Nature has said it . 25 The Turk cannot govern Egypt and Arabia and Kurdis- tan as he governs Thrace ; nor has he the same domin- ion in Crimea and Algiers which ...
... bodies the circulation of power must be less vigorous at the extremities . Nature has said it . 25 The Turk cannot govern Egypt and Arabia and Kurdis- tan as he governs Thrace ; nor has he the same domin- ion in Crimea and Algiers which ...
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Страница 223 - ... as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no farther 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,...
Страница 251 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Страница 251 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Страница 251 - States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing for its motto, no such miserable interrogatory as
Страница 15 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Страница 108 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Страница 73 - ... directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master...
Страница 108 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
Страница 251 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Страница 15 - We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries; no climate that is not witness to their toils.