Famous American Statesmen & Orators, Past and Present: With Biographical Sketches and Their Famous Orations, المجلد 3F.F. Lovell Publishing Company, 1902 |
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... force which characterize everything he says and does , his point of departure in commencing this great work . I had hoped that the ground he would lay down would be such that we could all of us stand upon it and co - operate with him in ...
... force which characterize everything he says and does , his point of departure in commencing this great work . I had hoped that the ground he would lay down would be such that we could all of us stand upon it and co - operate with him in ...
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... force or validity . It could not operate to effect any actual change in the relations of the State adopt- ing it to the national government , still less to accom- plish the removal of that State from the sovereign jurisdiction of the ...
... force or validity . It could not operate to effect any actual change in the relations of the State adopt- ing it to the national government , still less to accom- plish the removal of that State from the sovereign jurisdiction of the ...
الصفحة 51
... forces if I am able to avoid it . " In the evening of February 4 , 1899 , Aguinaldo and his Tagalos became the aggressors and opened fire along their whole entrenched line upon the American soldiers guarding Manila . The same night ...
... forces if I am able to avoid it . " In the evening of February 4 , 1899 , Aguinaldo and his Tagalos became the aggressors and opened fire along their whole entrenched line upon the American soldiers guarding Manila . The same night ...
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... force more in the middle than in any other class of society . The means of education were for- merly within the reach of few . It required wealth to accumulate knowledge . The possession of a library was no ordinary achievement . The ...
... force more in the middle than in any other class of society . The means of education were for- merly within the reach of few . It required wealth to accumulate knowledge . The possession of a library was no ordinary achievement . The ...
الصفحة 72
... forces . But it is in physical science , and especially in its adaptation to arts of life , that the present age may claim precedence of all others . I have already al- luded to chemistry , which has enabled us to fix and discharge ...
... forces . But it is in physical science , and especially in its adaptation to arts of life , that the present age may claim precedence of all others . I have already al- luded to chemistry , which has enabled us to fix and discharge ...
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Adams adopted agitation American authority Banquo blessings cause character citizens civil claim Colonies commerce Congress Constitution Cuba danger debate Declaration defend disunion doctrine duty England ernment existence Faneuil Hall favor federal feeling fortunes give happiness Hartford Convention heart heaven honorable gentleman honorable member hope House human independence interest internal improvements Jefferson Jesus John Adams justice knowledge legislation Legislature liberty live look maintain Massachusetts measures ment mind Missouri Compromise never North object occasion opinions oppression ordinance palpable party passed pathy patriotism peace Pennsylvania Philippine Islands political present President principles protection public lands Puerto Rico question regard resolution respect Senate sentiments slave slavery South Carolina southern sovereign sovereignty Spain speech spirit stitution Tagalo tariff tariff of 1816 territory thought tion truth unconstitutional Union United UNITED STATES SENATE votes whole Wilmot Proviso
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الصفحة 197 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights,...
الصفحة 90 - THE (WEST,) AND SHALL SIT DOWN WITH (A)BRAHAM, AND (I)SAAC, AND (J)ACOB, IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. BUT THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE CAST OUT INTO OUTER DARKNESS: THERE SHALL BE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH.
الصفحة 90 - Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
الصفحة 288 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech.
الصفحة 219 - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
الصفحة 280 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
الصفحة 203 - In Carolina the tariff is a palpable, deliberate usurpation ; Carolina, therefore, may nullify it, and refuse to pay the duties. In Pennsylvania it is both clearly constitutional and highly expedient ; and there the duties are to be paid. And yet we live under a government of uniform laws, and under a constitution, too, which contains an express provision, as it happens, that all duties shall be equal in all the States. Does not this approach absurdity...
الصفحة 8 - This government de facto will, of course, exercise no power inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution of the United States, which is the supreme law of the land.
الصفحة 54 - We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, ' that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed...
الصفحة 225 - He would answer, of course, treason. No lawyer could give any other answer. John Fries, he would tell them, had learned that some years ago. How, then, they would ask, do you propose to defend us ? We are not afraid of bullets, but treason has a way of taking people off, that we do not much relish. How do you propose to defend us ? " Look at my floating banner," he would reply; " see there "the nullifying law!