Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History: From 458 A.D. to 1902, Volumen5Harper & Bros., 1901 |
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... Society was form- ed . Certainly this should not excite our hatred . To - day the civilized world agrees with the essay written by Thomas Paine separation , of independence . in 1775 . At that time great interests were against him . The ...
... Society was form- ed . Certainly this should not excite our hatred . To - day the civilized world agrees with the essay written by Thomas Paine separation , of independence . in 1775 . At that time great interests were against him . The ...
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... society , and the next to write its Manifesto , in which the ground was taken that France did not need a king ; that the people should govern them- selves . In this Manifesto was this argu- ment : " What kind of office must that be in a ...
... society , and the next to write its Manifesto , in which the ground was taken that France did not need a king ; that the people should govern them- selves . In this Manifesto was this argu- ment : " What kind of office must that be in a ...
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... Society of London began ERNMENT , INSTRUMENT OF . * Approximation . The statistics of fire insurance business in the United States are , with the exception of the estimate of risks written during the year , compiled from The Insurance ...
... Society of London began ERNMENT , INSTRUMENT OF . * Approximation . The statistics of fire insurance business in the United States are , with the exception of the estimate of risks written during the year , compiled from The Insurance ...
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... society numbered more than 500,000 members . It ranks among the strongest and most useful societies in the world . The headquarters are at 156 Fifth Avenue , New York . In 1900 the officers were : President , Mrs. F. Bottome ; vice ...
... society numbered more than 500,000 members . It ranks among the strongest and most useful societies in the world . The headquarters are at 156 Fifth Avenue , New York . In 1900 the officers were : President , Mrs. F. Bottome ; vice ...
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... society in Minnesota . He also became active in col- onizing the Northwest with Roman Catho- lics . In 1887 he went to Rome with Bish- op Keane , of Richmond , for the purpose of placing before the Pope the need of a Roman Catholic ...
... society in Minnesota . He also became active in col- onizing the Northwest with Roman Catho- lics . In 1887 he went to Rome with Bish- op Keane , of Richmond , for the purpose of placing before the Pope the need of a Roman Catholic ...
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Página 453 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 134 - If there be any among us who would 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.
Página 135 - These principles form the bright constellation, which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. 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...
Página 428 - All the vital rights of minorities and of individuals are so plainly assured to them by affirmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions, in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration.
Página 135 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided : absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Página 427 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts ; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Página 279 - Labor, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relation to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity.
Página 133 - And let us reflect that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
Página 134 - 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 forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
Página 427 - The course here indicated will be followed unless current events and experience shall show a modification or change to be proper...