Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 100W. Blackwood, 1866 |
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... existence . Have they solved the question of government , of human happiness , of progress , of individual right ? Is their liberty a true liberty , or the despotism of a multitude , assuming the forms but not possessing the re- ality ...
... existence . Have they solved the question of government , of human happiness , of progress , of individual right ? Is their liberty a true liberty , or the despotism of a multitude , assuming the forms but not possessing the re- ality ...
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... existence . You admit that you have no right to meddle with it in Cuba ; we assert that you have as little right to meddle with . it in South Carolina . You cannot touch it in Brazil ; neither can you touch it in Louisiana , except by ...
... existence . You admit that you have no right to meddle with it in Cuba ; we assert that you have as little right to meddle with . it in South Carolina . You cannot touch it in Brazil ; neither can you touch it in Louisiana , except by ...
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... existence , of the Union . cause , and for a neutrality which Slavery is gone , and a stringent the reinvigorated States declared poor - law , not based upon colour , to be one - sided , and wholly of ad- must sooner or later come to ...
... existence , of the Union . cause , and for a neutrality which Slavery is gone , and a stringent the reinvigorated States declared poor - law , not based upon colour , to be one - sided , and wholly of ad- must sooner or later come to ...
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... existence at the earliest from 1540 , when the mon- astic house was dissolved , a bishop- ric founded out of its confiscated revenues , and a school for forty scholars , with an upper and an un- dermaster , established by charter of ...
... existence at the earliest from 1540 , when the mon- astic house was dissolved , a bishop- ric founded out of its confiscated revenues , and a school for forty scholars , with an upper and an un- dermaster , established by charter of ...
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... existence . Bank- ing would be of no use , it would not be practised at all , if each bank had to keep on hand all the money deposited with it . Banks find by experience the proportion of money which it is necessary to keep on hand or ...
... existence . Bank- ing would be of no use , it would not be practised at all , if each bank had to keep on hand all the money deposited with it . Banks find by experience the proportion of money which it is necessary to keep on hand or ...
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Page 22 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union, to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 504 - This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
Page 629 - American citizens, protecting their commerce, securing their literature and their arts, facilitating their intercommunication, defending their frontiers, and making their name respected in the remotest parts of the earth. Consider the extent of its territory ; its increasing and happy population ; its advance in arts, which render life agreeable ; and the sciences, which elevate the mind...
Page 575 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them when I consider rival wits placed side by side or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions factions* and debates of mankind.
Page 630 - America. Carolina is one of these proud States; her arms have defended, her best blood has cemented, this happy Union. And then add, if you can, without horror and remorse, This happy Union we will dissolve; this picture of peace and prosperity we will deface; this free intercourse we will interrupt; these fertile fields we will deluge with blood; the protection of that glorious flag we renounce; the very name of Americans we discard.
Page 503 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion : Build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Page 504 - So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Page 510 - And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Page 22 - The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter, be by them expressly delegated to the United States of America, in congress assembled.
Page 605 - Therefore his fame overspreads the Middle kingdom, and extends to all barbarous tribes. Wherever ships and carriages reach ; wherever the strength of man penetrates; wherever the heavens, overshadow and. the earth sustains ; wherever the sun and moon shine ; wherever frosts and dews fall : — all who have blood and breath unfeignedly honour and love him. Hence it is said, —