Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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Page 47
... there is no reason to believe that such resistance would be less forcible , or less successful , because the number of such proprietors should be great . Each would per- ceive his own importance , and his own interest , 47.
... there is no reason to believe that such resistance would be less forcible , or less successful , because the number of such proprietors should be great . Each would per- ceive his own importance , and his own interest , 47.
Page 83
... believe , doing no injustice to others , to say , that the general opin- ion was , and uniformly has been , that in debate , on the side of in- dependence , JOHN ADAMS had no equal . The great author , of the declaration himself has ...
... believe , doing no injustice to others , to say , that the general opin- ion was , and uniformly has been , that in debate , on the side of in- dependence , JOHN ADAMS had no equal . The great author , of the declaration himself has ...
Page 85
... believe the whole to have been mere pretence , and they will look on us , not as injured , but as ambitious , subjects . I shudder , before this responsi- bility . It will be on us , if relinquishing the ground we have stood on so long ...
... believe the whole to have been mere pretence , and they will look on us , not as injured , but as ambitious , subjects . I shudder , before this responsi- bility . It will be on us , if relinquishing the ground we have stood on so long ...
Page 87
... believe the hour is come . My judgment approves this measure , and my whole heart is in it . All that I have , and all that I am , and all that I hope , in this life , I am now ready here to stake upon it ; and I leave off , as I begun ...
... believe the hour is come . My judgment approves this measure , and my whole heart is in it . All that I have , and all that I am , and all that I hope , in this life , I am now ready here to stake upon it ; and I leave off , as I begun ...
Page 98
... believe that they could long remain . Efforts , indeed , made to that end , with zeal and perseverance , might delay their extinction , but , he thought , could not prevent it . There was nothing to keep alive these distinctions , in ...
... believe that they could long remain . Efforts , indeed , made to that end , with zeal and perseverance , might delay their extinction , but , he thought , could not prevent it . There was nothing to keep alive these distinctions , in ...
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