The North Carolina Historical Review, Volumes 1-50North Carolina Historical Commission, 1924 - North Carolina |
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... seems to me to be not less vital or fruitful than these broader inquiries which , of course , I am in no sense disparaging . I have in mind what I may call the vertical or intensive , as contrasted with the horizontal or ex- tensive ...
... seems to me to be not less vital or fruitful than these broader inquiries which , of course , I am in no sense disparaging . I have in mind what I may call the vertical or intensive , as contrasted with the horizontal or ex- tensive ...
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... seem natural . The first startling difference was that of the railroad trains . The small cars , both passenger and freight , looked strange and weak , as War Diary of Colonel Pratt 47 though they would not 46 The North Carolina ...
... seem natural . The first startling difference was that of the railroad trains . The small cars , both passenger and freight , looked strange and weak , as War Diary of Colonel Pratt 47 though they would not 46 The North Carolina ...
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... seems to be objection and aversion on part of the U. S. officers to put a National Guard officer in charge of a Regiment . June 27 , Thursday . Left Division Headquarters for Regiment Camp about 8:30 a . m . , expecting to stay two or ...
... seems to be objection and aversion on part of the U. S. officers to put a National Guard officer in charge of a Regiment . June 27 , Thursday . Left Division Headquarters for Regiment Camp about 8:30 a . m . , expecting to stay two or ...
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... seems to be more than I can hold up against . This morning about 10 o'clock I had an unexpected and delightful call from General Godby , the C. E. of the II British Army Corps , with Headquarters at Houtkerque . We come under his corps ...
... seems to be more than I can hold up against . This morning about 10 o'clock I had an unexpected and delightful call from General Godby , the C. E. of the II British Army Corps , with Headquarters at Houtkerque . We come under his corps ...
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... seems to me , as a result of the unifying influences of more general education , and of easy and rapid communication among the various parts of the English - speaking world . A most wholesome tendency is the ready exchange of useful ...
... seems to me , as a result of the unifying influences of more general education , and of easy and rapid communication among the various parts of the English - speaking world . A most wholesome tendency is the ready exchange of useful ...
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Page 341 - 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 the gift of God ? — that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever...
Page 249 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 111 - To all cases in law and equity, arising under the constitution and the laws of the United States.
Page 119 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 137 - An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel...
Page 342 - The voice of a single individual of the state which was divided, or of one of those which were of the negative, would have prevented this abominable crime from spreading itself over the new country. Thus we see the fate of millions unborn hanging on the tongue of one man, & heaven was silent in that awful moment!
Page 268 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 242 - Equal ! That is the word ! On that word I plant myself and my party — the equal right of every child born on earth to have the opportunity 'to bourgeon out all that there is within him.
Page 102 - Sensible as I am of the honor conferred on me by the general Assembly of this Commonwealth, in appointing me one of the deputies to a convention proposed to be held in the city of Philadelphia in May next, for the purpose of revising the federal constitution...
Page 341 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of tl.t1 said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.