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... shake principalities and powers . There is a boldness , a spirit of daring , in religious reformers , not to be measured by the general rules which control men's purposes and actions . If the hand of power be laid upon it , this only 29.
... shake principalities and powers . There is a boldness , a spirit of daring , in religious reformers , not to be measured by the general rules which control men's purposes and actions . If the hand of power be laid upon it , this only 29.
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Daniel Webster. hand of power be laid upon it , this only seems to augment its force and its elasticity , and to cause its action to be more formidable and terrible . Human invention has devised nothing , human power has compassed ...
Daniel Webster. hand of power be laid upon it , this only seems to augment its force and its elasticity , and to cause its action to be more formidable and terrible . Human invention has devised nothing , human power has compassed ...
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... hands or few ; and it is on the rights of property , that both despotism and unrestrained popular violence ordinarily ... hand , could the feudal con- stitution possibly exist with us . Our New England ancestors brought hither no great ...
... hands or few ; and it is on the rights of property , that both despotism and unrestrained popular violence ordinarily ... hand , could the feudal con- stitution possibly exist with us . Our New England ancestors brought hither no great ...
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... hands of the few , by which they can control the many . In this country we have actually existing systems of government , in the maintenance of which , it should seem , a great majority , both in numbers and in other means of power and ...
... hands of the few , by which they can control the many . In this country we have actually existing systems of government , in the maintenance of which , it should seem , a great majority , both in numbers and in other means of power and ...
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... hands ; we would have accompanied him , and with the blessings of millions and the prayers of millions , com- mended him to the Divine favor . While still indulging our thoughts on the coincidence of the death of this venerable man with ...
... hands ; we would have accompanied him , and with the blessings of millions and the prayers of millions , com- mended him to the Divine favor . While still indulging our thoughts on the coincidence of the death of this venerable man with ...
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