America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1841 |
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... exist , they ought to be ascer- tained and guarded against . In explaining my sentiments on this subject , it may be asked , What has raised us to the present happy state ? How did we accomplish the revolution ? How remedy the defects ...
... exist , they ought to be ascer- tained and guarded against . In explaining my sentiments on this subject , it may be asked , What has raised us to the present happy state ? How did we accomplish the revolution ? How remedy the defects ...
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... exist a necessary connexion between the two , and that by diffusing knowledge of a moral and scientific character we may hope for a decrease of crime , and be assured that though crime may in reality or apparently have increased for ...
... exist a necessary connexion between the two , and that by diffusing knowledge of a moral and scientific character we may hope for a decrease of crime , and be assured that though crime may in reality or apparently have increased for ...
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... exists , and any one class of men may exercise with impunity uncontrolled and irresponsible power over any other class of men , they can hardly fail to have all their angry and vin- dictive passions frequently called forth and ...
... exists , and any one class of men may exercise with impunity uncontrolled and irresponsible power over any other class of men , they can hardly fail to have all their angry and vin- dictive passions frequently called forth and ...
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... exist . Among the rich , for instance , there is no such reluctance at all ; among the middle classes it is felt to a moderate extent ; but among servants it is at its maximum . On this subject Mr. Cooper has the following accurate ...
... exist . Among the rich , for instance , there is no such reluctance at all ; among the middle classes it is felt to a moderate extent ; but among servants it is at its maximum . On this subject Mr. Cooper has the following accurate ...
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... exist in safety under the malign influence that now overshadows it . Any one who has lived long enough to note changes of the sort , must have perceived how fast men of probity and virtue are losing their influence in the country , to ...
... exist in safety under the malign influence that now overshadows it . Any one who has lived long enough to note changes of the sort , must have perceived how fast men of probity and virtue are losing their influence in the country , to ...
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Page 445 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Page 316 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 410 - Good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 313 - They nourished up ~by YOUR indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule them...
Page 313 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
Page 463 - ... and offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 23 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 316 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it. sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Page 316 - Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 23 - To the security of a free constitution it contributes in various ways: by convincing those who are intrusted with the public administration, that every valuable end of government is best answered by the enlightened confidence of the people; and by teaching the people themselves to know and to value their own rights...