America and the American PeopleJ. & H.G. Langley, 1846 - 512 Seiten |
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... ment , and faith in the possibility of such improvement . While there is but little hope of a new and more extended develop- ment of humanity in Asia and Africa , how sickly do many parts of Europe appear ! If we were forced to despair ...
... ment , and faith in the possibility of such improvement . While there is but little hope of a new and more extended develop- ment of humanity in Asia and Africa , how sickly do many parts of Europe appear ! If we were forced to despair ...
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... ment , and which with the variety of their growth and foliage sur- prise and enchant every beholder . The diversity and beauty of the colors of autumn are especially celebrated . The practice of burning down the trees , which the first ...
... ment , and which with the variety of their growth and foliage sur- prise and enchant every beholder . The diversity and beauty of the colors of autumn are especially celebrated . The practice of burning down the trees , which the first ...
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... ment . The fourth expedient , that of taxing America without any representation and without participation in the legislative power , was wholly repugnant to the spirit of the British constitution . Walpole , as we have seen , had ...
... ment . The fourth expedient , that of taxing America without any representation and without participation in the legislative power , was wholly repugnant to the spirit of the British constitution . Walpole , as we have seen , had ...
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... ment is to be inflicted upon the whole city ? How can it be required that dependence on Great Britain should outlive its justice ? " The feeling of right which advocated the propriety of indemni- fying the East India Company for the ...
... ment is to be inflicted upon the whole city ? How can it be required that dependence on Great Britain should outlive its justice ? " The feeling of right which advocated the propriety of indemni- fying the East India Company for the ...
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... ment who doubted a speedy and happy termination to the war . But as the danger became more imminent , the activity and resolution of the Americans also increased ; and while Washing- ton watched the southern divisions of the English ...
... ment who doubted a speedy and happy termination to the war . But as the danger became more imminent , the activity and resolution of the Americans also increased ; and while Washing- ton watched the southern divisions of the English ...
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Seite 84 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
Seite 99 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Seite 92 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable ; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression.
Seite 83 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Seite 83 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Seite 70 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states...
Seite 99 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?
Seite 84 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Seite 83 - 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.
Seite 275 - Nor am I less persuaded, that you will agree with me in opinion, that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature.