Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... exercise we know not what sympathy with ourselves ; -and when it carries us forward , also , and shows us the long continued result of all the good we do , in the prosperity of those who follow us , till it bears us from ourselves , and ...
... exercise we know not what sympathy with ourselves ; -and when it carries us forward , also , and shows us the long continued result of all the good we do , in the prosperity of those who follow us , till it bears us from ourselves , and ...
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... exercise her supreme magistracy ; that he should yet live to behold ten millions of fellow citizens paying him the homage of their deepest gratitude and kindest affections ; that he should see distinguished talent and high public trust ...
... exercise her supreme magistracy ; that he should yet live to behold ten millions of fellow citizens paying him the homage of their deepest gratitude and kindest affections ; that he should see distinguished talent and high public trust ...
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... and pennyless . In such a case , the popular power would be likely to break in upon the rights of property , or else the influence of property to limit and control the exercise of popular power . - Universal suffrage 48.
... and pennyless . In such a case , the popular power would be likely to break in upon the rights of property , or else the influence of property to limit and control the exercise of popular power . - Universal suffrage 48.
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Daniel Webster. control the exercise of popular power . - Universal suffrage , for ex- ample , could not long exist in a community , where there was great inequality of property . The holders of estates would be obliged in such case ...
Daniel Webster. control the exercise of popular power . - Universal suffrage , for ex- ample , could not long exist in a community , where there was great inequality of property . The holders of estates would be obliged in such case ...
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... exercises a control . In the sight of our law , the African slave trader is a pirate and a felon ; and in the sight of Heaven , an offender far beyond the ordinary depth of human guilt . There is no brighter part of our history , than ...
... exercises a control . In the sight of our law , the African slave trader is a pirate and a felon ; and in the sight of Heaven , an offender far beyond the ordinary depth of human guilt . There is no brighter part of our history , than ...
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