Anglo-American Literature and Manners, etc. [Translated by Donald Macleod.]Charles Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... say that the one builds , where the other de- stroys . I say that Moral Force is essential to the creation , maintenance and greatness of society . Now this Moral Force existed in its highest degree in the little Puritan colony carried ...
... say that the one builds , where the other de- stroys . I say that Moral Force is essential to the creation , maintenance and greatness of society . Now this Moral Force existed in its highest degree in the little Puritan colony carried ...
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... ( says Washington , in a letter to Morris , ) ( 6 are adventurers whom the waste of their own resources sends to us , or spies paid by foreign govern- ments to watch our movements , or men whose souls are given up to a vain desire of ...
... ( says Washington , in a letter to Morris , ) ( 6 are adventurers whom the waste of their own resources sends to us , or spies paid by foreign govern- ments to watch our movements , or men whose souls are given up to a vain desire of ...
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... says the letter , " the watch of a fool or of a man who desires to make a show , but of which the interior construction shall be ex- tremely well cared for , and the exterior air very simple . " Morris started for France , from whence ...
... says the letter , " the watch of a fool or of a man who desires to make a show , but of which the interior construction shall be ex- tremely well cared for , and the exterior air very simple . " Morris started for France , from whence ...
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... says " Lafayette is too full of politics ; he appears to be too republican for the genius of his country . " It is in vain that you say to Morris , " We want the liberty which you have acquired . " He replies obstinately , " This is not ...
... says " Lafayette is too full of politics ; he appears to be too republican for the genius of his country . " It is in vain that you say to Morris , " We want the liberty which you have acquired . " He replies obstinately , " This is not ...
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... says , " with unparalleled giddiness . Every body has something to do with it . Each man has a plan , each man a theory . The physicians of the social body are multiplied . There is not an attorney , no matter how little , how ignorant ...
... says , " with unparalleled giddiness . Every body has something to do with it . Each man has a plan , each man a theory . The physicians of the social body are multiplied . There is not an attorney , no matter how little , how ignorant ...
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