A Voice to America: Or, The Model Republic, Its Glory, Or Its Fall: with a Review of the Causes of the Decline and Failure of the Republics of South America, Mexico, and of the Old World; Applied to the Present Crisis in the United StatesE. Walker, 1855 - Всего страниц: 404 |
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... land , which , even at the minimum Government price , are worth nearly seventy millions of dollars . Of public funds alone , besides the much greater amount paid by individuals , there are paid for education annually , in the United ...
... land , which , even at the minimum Government price , are worth nearly seventy millions of dollars . Of public funds alone , besides the much greater amount paid by individuals , there are paid for education annually , in the United ...
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... land , by railroad , at fifty miles an hour . But that is not enough for our restless people . It will not do to wait for time , or to measure space . So forty - two thousand miles of telegraph bring Maine and Louisiana - New York and ...
... land , by railroad , at fifty miles an hour . But that is not enough for our restless people . It will not do to wait for time , or to measure space . So forty - two thousand miles of telegraph bring Maine and Louisiana - New York and ...
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... lands into equal lots , proportioned to the number of the inhabitants . This partition of the territory met with violent opposition from the opulent , as might have been expected ; but such was the commanding influence of this great man ...
... lands into equal lots , proportioned to the number of the inhabitants . This partition of the territory met with violent opposition from the opulent , as might have been expected ; but such was the commanding influence of this great man ...
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... land , and of Mycale at sea , ending in the destruction of the Persian fleet , expelled forever from the shores of Greece that mighty foe . Sparta at this time acquired a temporary ascendency , yet soon the command was transferred to ...
... land , and of Mycale at sea , ending in the destruction of the Persian fleet , expelled forever from the shores of Greece that mighty foe . Sparta at this time acquired a temporary ascendency , yet soon the command was transferred to ...
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... lands obtained by conquest , among the poorer classes , was suggested by the ambitious attempts of Cassius . The well - known code of the " Twelve Tables " confirmed the ancient institutions , and was in part completed by the adoption ...
... lands obtained by conquest , among the poorer classes , was suggested by the ambitious attempts of Cassius . The well - known code of the " Twelve Tables " confirmed the ancient institutions , and was in part completed by the adoption ...
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Стр. 398 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government. But that jealousy to be useful must be impartial ; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defence against it.
Стр. 32 - Their palaces were houses not made with hands ; their diadems, crowns of glory which should never fade away ! On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests they looked down with contempt; for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure and eloquent in a more sublime language; nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
Стр. 397 - Heaven itself has ordained; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Стр. 394 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Стр. 32 - If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers and poets, they were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them.
Стр. 32 - Puritan was made up of two different men, — the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker ; but he set his foot on the neck of his king.
Стр. 400 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Стр. 398 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Стр. 32 - ... before heaven and earth were created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account.
Стр. 395 - That from and after the fourth day of July next, the Flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union have twenty stars, white in a blue field.