American Institutions and Their InfluenceA.S. Barnes & Company, 1854 - Всего страниц: 460 |
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... Europe they were necessary to his plan . They follow natu- rally and properly the profound views which had already been presented , and which they carry out and illustrate . But they furnish no new developments of those views , nor any ...
... Europe they were necessary to his plan . They follow natu- rally and properly the profound views which had already been presented , and which they carry out and illustrate . But they furnish no new developments of those views , nor any ...
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... Europe , where it is universally regarded as a sound , philosophical , impartial , and remarkably clear and distinct view of our political institutions , and of our manners , opinions , and habits , as influ- encing or influenced by ...
... Europe , where it is universally regarded as a sound , philosophical , impartial , and remarkably clear and distinct view of our political institutions , and of our manners , opinions , and habits , as influ- encing or influenced by ...
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... European nations , are of the utmost importance to the peo- ple and statesmen of those countries , they are scarcely ... Europe- ans and perplexed Americans . He exhibits us , in our present condi- tion , a new , and to Europeans , a ...
... European nations , are of the utmost importance to the peo- ple and statesmen of those countries , they are scarcely ... Europe- ans and perplexed Americans . He exhibits us , in our present condi- tion , a new , and to Europeans , a ...
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... Europe ; I am unac- quainted with his designs , but I shall not cease to believe in them because I cannot fathom them , and I had rather mis- trust my own capacity than his justice . There is a country in the world where the great ...
... Europe ; I am unac- quainted with his designs , but I shall not cease to believe in them because I cannot fathom them , and I had rather mis- trust my own capacity than his justice . There is a country in the world where the great ...
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... Europe displayed their bright plumage , glittering with purple and azure , and mingled their warbling in the harmony of a world teeming with life and motion : † Underneath this brilliant exterior death was concealed . The air of these ...
... Europe displayed their bright plumage , glittering with purple and azure , and mingled their warbling in the harmony of a world teeming with life and motion : † Underneath this brilliant exterior death was concealed . The air of these ...
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Стр. 32 - God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions 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.
Стр. 234 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual 'hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Стр. 32 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Стр. 31 - But the tide (which stays for no man) calling them away that were thus loath to depart, their Reverend pastor falling down on his knees (and they all with him), with watery cheeks commended them with most fervent prayers to the Lord and his blessing. And then with mutual embraces and many tears, they took their leaves one of another; which proved to be the last leave to many of them.
Стр. 272 - It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.
Стр. 457 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning...
Стр. 359 - States have accomplished this twofold purpose with singular felicity ; tranquilly, legally, philanthropically, without shedding blood, and without violating a single great principle of morality in the eyes of the world. f It is impossible to destroy men with more respect for the laws of humanity.
Стр. 152 - The republican principle demands that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they intrust the management of their affairs; but it does not require an unqualified complaisance to every sudden breeze of passion, or to every transient impulse which the people may receive from the arts of men, who flatter their prejudices to betray their interest.
Стр. 234 - I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary, and would be unwise, to extend them.
Стр. 65 - ... the balance of powers, and collects clear practical notions on the nature of his duties and the extent of his rights.