Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... give , in short , its influence to the public sentiment , on questions of deep and permanent interest ; and thus , in all probability , to establish in the community , habits of thinking and of action , which will affect the public ...
... give , in short , its influence to the public sentiment , on questions of deep and permanent interest ; and thus , in all probability , to establish in the community , habits of thinking and of action , which will affect the public ...
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... give a new turn to human affairs , and transmit their consequences through ages . We see their importance in their results , and call them great , because great things follow . There have been battles which have fixed the fate of ...
... give a new turn to human affairs , and transmit their consequences through ages . We see their importance in their results , and call them great , because great things follow . There have been battles which have fixed the fate of ...
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... give a new and im- portant direction to human affairs , or a new impulse to the human mind . Their motives were not high enough , their views were not sufficiently large and prospective . They went not forth , like our ancestors , to ...
... give a new and im- portant direction to human affairs , or a new impulse to the human mind . Their motives were not high enough , their views were not sufficiently large and prospective . They went not forth , like our ancestors , to ...
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... give to all , or at least to a very great majority , an interest in its preservation : to found it , as other things are founded , on men's interest . The stability of government re- quires that those who desire its continuance should ...
... give to all , or at least to a very great majority , an interest in its preservation : to found it , as other things are founded , on men's interest . The stability of government re- quires that those who desire its continuance should ...
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... give a safe and proper direction to that public will . We do not , indeed , expect all men to be philosophers or statesmen ; but we confidently trust , and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust ...
... give a safe and proper direction to that public will . We do not , indeed , expect all men to be philosophers or statesmen ; but we confidently trust , and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust ...
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