America and the American PeopleJ. & H.G. Langley, 1846 - 512 Seiten |
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... caused the publication to be post- poned somewhat beyond the expected time . I observed in the course of making them , that the Author had occasionally fallen into slight errors in the hurry of copying ; these , where I have noticed ...
... caused the publication to be post- poned somewhat beyond the expected time . I observed in the course of making them , that the Author had occasionally fallen into slight errors in the hurry of copying ; these , where I have noticed ...
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... causes been esti- mated very differently ; according to a moderate computation , it must amount to about 1,792,000 geographic square miles , † or from ten to eleven times as much as the superficial extent of France . Bancroft's History ...
... causes been esti- mated very differently ; according to a moderate computation , it must amount to about 1,792,000 geographic square miles , † or from ten to eleven times as much as the superficial extent of France . Bancroft's History ...
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... causes no inundations . Although it receives innumerable tributaries , the Mississippi becomes no broader , but constantly deeper and deeper ( or the water is dispersed . by running over its banks ) ; while the St. Lawrence widens into ...
... causes no inundations . Although it receives innumerable tributaries , the Mississippi becomes no broader , but constantly deeper and deeper ( or the water is dispersed . by running over its banks ) ; while the St. Lawrence widens into ...
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... cause and on solid grounds can England crush America to atoms . " - To this Nicholson Calvert replied : " It matters little to the question whether the Americans are in the right or not , -they think themselves so . " + These few ...
... cause and on solid grounds can England crush America to atoms . " - To this Nicholson Calvert replied : " It matters little to the question whether the Americans are in the right or not , -they think themselves so . " + These few ...
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... cause that produced them , turned their attention solely to the outrages last committed in Boston . But instead of ... caused it , was now excited in a much stronger degree in favor of the innocent inhabitants of Boston ; though it was ...
... cause that produced them , turned their attention solely to the outrages last committed in Boston . But instead of ... caused it , was now excited in a much stronger degree in favor of the innocent inhabitants of Boston ; though it was ...
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Seite 85 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations : cultivate peace and harmony with all. It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. " Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence,
Seite 85 - the spirit of party is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists, under different shapes, in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Seite 307 - reason is left free to combat it. The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right ; and were it left to me to decide, whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."*
Seite 85 - prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Seite 86 - I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize without alloy the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.
Seite 275 - agree with me in opinion, that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. In one in which the measures of government receive their impressions so immediately from the sense of the community as in ours, it is proportionably essential. The
Seite 85 - knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened. " As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible. Observe good faith and justice towards all nations : cultivate peace and harmony with all.
Seite 71 - for the general welfare shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of the lands and
Seite 268 - Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all republicans ; we are all federalists.
Seite 101 - in the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events ; that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.''^ In