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... truth beyond peradventure , that the powers are not granted , but " delegated . " A delegate is ever an agent , restricted to the authority delegated ; and whatever has been done by an agent beyond his authority , is surely usurpation ...
... truth beyond peradventure , that the powers are not granted , but " delegated . " A delegate is ever an agent , restricted to the authority delegated ; and whatever has been done by an agent beyond his authority , is surely usurpation ...
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... truths and teachings which will serve to lead us out of this labyrinth of confusion , will be received and examined in all fairness and candor ? From a certain class , the writer expects little else than derision and contempt . Unable ...
... truths and teachings which will serve to lead us out of this labyrinth of confusion , will be received and examined in all fairness and candor ? From a certain class , the writer expects little else than derision and contempt . Unable ...
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... truth , who are studying the great questions of the day . You are aiming to accomplish a noble object ; may your countrymen appreciate your efforts ; may they read your pamphlet and forthcoming volumes and be wise . I am , dear sir ...
... truth , who are studying the great questions of the day . You are aiming to accomplish a noble object ; may your countrymen appreciate your efforts ; may they read your pamphlet and forthcoming volumes and be wise . I am , dear sir ...
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... truth , which lies at their own convenience , these sovereign States have created a Fed the foundation of all our ... truths bearing upon our national welfare ; and I therefore cheerfully aided you to the extent of my ability with the ...
... truth , which lies at their own convenience , these sovereign States have created a Fed the foundation of all our ... truths bearing upon our national welfare ; and I therefore cheerfully aided you to the extent of my ability with the ...
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... truths of International Law as taught by Hooker , Grotius , and other established authorities of that school down to Vattel , and know the characteristics and rights of Sovereign States , and how these free Peoples can and do exercise ...
... truths of International Law as taught by Hooker , Grotius , and other established authorities of that school down to Vattel , and know the characteristics and rights of Sovereign States , and how these free Peoples can and do exercise ...
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Page 184 - Israel ? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Page 188 - What shall we then say to these things ? If God be for us, who can be against us ? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Page 114 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 184 - I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Page 189 - Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Page 11 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 181 - Give me understanding, And I shall keep Thy law ; Yea, I shall observe it With my whole heart.
Page 185 - For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
Page 154 - And they do claim, demand, and insist upon all and singular the premises, as their undoubted rights and liberties ; and that no declarations, judgments, doings or proceedings, to the prejudice of the people in any of the said premises, ought in any wise to be drawn hereafter into consequence or example...
Page 185 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...