Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Volumen11Illinois State Historical Society., 1919 |
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... became acute . Like Anteus of Greek mythology his contact with the soil increased his might . His manhood leaped to its full height , as he brought acre after acre under cultivation . Yet other motives for the crossing of the ...
... became acute . Like Anteus of Greek mythology his contact with the soil increased his might . His manhood leaped to its full height , as he brought acre after acre under cultivation . Yet other motives for the crossing of the ...
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... became the leader of the nation in its greatest crisis . You do not honor him because of his intellectual qualities alone . You reverence his memory because he embodied the moral aspira- tions of American democracy . Abraham Lincoln was ...
... became the leader of the nation in its greatest crisis . You do not honor him because of his intellectual qualities alone . You reverence his memory because he embodied the moral aspira- tions of American democracy . Abraham Lincoln was ...
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... became noted as one of the most sickly locations in the West ; the inhabitants died by the hundreds and were buried in the sand ridge below the town . Nothing but cornfields now marks the spot of either town or cemetery , not even a ...
... became noted as one of the most sickly locations in the West ; the inhabitants died by the hundreds and were buried in the sand ridge below the town . Nothing but cornfields now marks the spot of either town or cemetery , not even a ...
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... became a Mor- mon preacher and emigrated to Utah . The first schools were conducted in Mt. Carmel as early as 1819 , and the first teach- ers , were Mr. Curry ; Mr. Schufield , and Mrs. Joy . The first navigation of the Wabash River ...
... became a Mor- mon preacher and emigrated to Utah . The first schools were conducted in Mt. Carmel as early as 1819 , and the first teach- ers , were Mr. Curry ; Mr. Schufield , and Mrs. Joy . The first navigation of the Wabash River ...
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... became a veritable " angler's paradise , " and so great was the fame of the place , that fishermen came from distant cities . In 1879 , the old dam gave way and was finally removed . The present dam , eleven hundred feet in length , and ...
... became a veritable " angler's paradise , " and so great was the fame of the place , that fishermen came from distant cities . In 1879 , the old dam gave way and was finally removed . The present dam , eleven hundred feet in length , and ...
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Página 140 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Página 149 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Página 106 - I wish her store Of worth may leave her poor Of wishes ; and I wish no more.
Página 133 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Página 131 - God, and one of 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.
Página 124 - Pennsylvania and the said territorial line: provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that, if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Página 268 - That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in every township of public lands in said State, and where either of said sections, or any part thereof, has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands, equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said State for the use of schools.
Página 268 - State ; the residue to be appropriated, by the legislature of the State, for the encouragement of learning, of which one-sixth part shall be exclusively bestowed on a college or university.
Página 123 - Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Página 351 - ... the mind of every citizen in a republic is the common property of society, and constitutes the basis of its strength and happiness; it is therefore considered the peculiar duty of a free government, like ours, to encourage and extend the improvement and cultivation of the intellectual energies of the whole: Therefore, i.