The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence, and Third President of the United States ...Mack & Andrus, 1834 - 267 Seiten |
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... course pursued by the British ministry , that a very brief space was sufficient to dissolve in every breast that glowed with national feeling , those ties which had been formed by blood , by time , and by policy . A very short ...
... course pursued by the British ministry , that a very brief space was sufficient to dissolve in every breast that glowed with national feeling , those ties which had been formed by blood , by time , and by policy . A very short ...
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... course of his argument . His voice was finely toned ; his feel- ings acute ; his style free , and rich , and various ; his devotion to the cause of liberty verging on enthusiasm ; and his spirit firm and undaunted , beyond the possibili ...
... course of his argument . His voice was finely toned ; his feel- ings acute ; his style free , and rich , and various ; his devotion to the cause of liberty verging on enthusiasm ; and his spirit firm and undaunted , beyond the possibili ...
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... course of measures they had adopted , and fearing that it might result in the most disastrous ef fects , pronounced a long and most extremely eloquent discourse in favour of the colonies , and was heard with solemn and rapt attention ...
... course of measures they had adopted , and fearing that it might result in the most disastrous ef fects , pronounced a long and most extremely eloquent discourse in favour of the colonies , and was heard with solemn and rapt attention ...
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... course of these debates , that the colonies of New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , and South Carolina , were not yet matured for falling from the parent stem , but that they were fast advancing to that state ...
... course of these debates , that the colonies of New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , and South Carolina , were not yet matured for falling from the parent stem , but that they were fast advancing to that state ...
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... course of human events , it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another , and to as- sume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of ...
... course of human events , it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another , and to as- sume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of ...
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Seite 224 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Seite 49 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Seite 223 - We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans ; we are all Federalists. If there be any among us who wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Seite 47 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Seite 49 - In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injuries. " A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a [free] people who mean to be free.
Seite 62 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defense or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury...
Seite 224 - Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels, in the form of kings, to govern him? Let history answer this question.
Seite 225 - ... bestowed it in advance, to conciliate that of others by doing them all the good in my power, and to be instrumental to the happiness and freedom of all. Relying, then, on the patronage of your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make. And may ' that Infinite Power which rules the destinies of the universe lead our councils to what is best, and give them a favorable issue for your peace...
Seite 225 - The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment: they should be the creed of our political faith ; the text of civic instruction; the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.
Seite 257 - May it be to the world what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves and to assume the blessings and security of self-government.