America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1841 |
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... says , " the insignificance of many of these complaints , and the homeliness of the subject matter of others , contrast somewhat ludi- crously with the pompousness of the titles and the bitter gravity of the style . " Among them are the ...
... says , " the insignificance of many of these complaints , and the homeliness of the subject matter of others , contrast somewhat ludi- crously with the pompousness of the titles and the bitter gravity of the style . " Among them are the ...
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... says in his inaugural address , " I am a friend to all rational measures for propagating knowledge among all classes of people . I wish success to the project of free libraries . A re- publican government without knowledge and virtue is ...
... says in his inaugural address , " I am a friend to all rational measures for propagating knowledge among all classes of people . I wish success to the project of free libraries . A re- publican government without knowledge and virtue is ...
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... says , " Such , then , being the highly - favoured condition of our coun- try , it is the interest of every citizen to maintain it . What are the dangers which menace us ? If any exist , they ought to be ascer- tained and guarded ...
... says , " Such , then , being the highly - favoured condition of our coun- try , it is the interest of every citizen to maintain it . What are the dangers which menace us ? If any exist , they ought to be ascer- tained and guarded ...
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... say . If impressions in matters of this kind were worth anything , I would say that my impression is , that certain crimes , more especially murder , have either increased , or it has become more com- mon with editors of newspapers to ...
... say . If impressions in matters of this kind were worth anything , I would say that my impression is , that certain crimes , more especially murder , have either increased , or it has become more com- mon with editors of newspapers to ...
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... says , " Whatever may be the fact in other coun- tries , there can be little doubt that education and early application to some kind of business would have a powerful tendency to de- crease crime . From my long intimacy with criminals ...
... says , " Whatever may be the fact in other coun- tries , there can be little doubt that education and early application to some kind of business would have a powerful tendency to de- crease crime . From my long intimacy with criminals ...
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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...