Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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Page 46
... judge of its actual operation , it is not enough to look merely at the form of its construction . The practical character of government depends often on a variety of considerations , besides the abstract frame of its constitutional ...
... judge of its actual operation , it is not enough to look merely at the form of its construction . The practical character of government depends often on a variety of considerations , besides the abstract frame of its constitutional ...
Page 84
... judge of its importance by its effects , it appears in still greater magnitude . Let us , then , bring before us the assembly , which was about to decide a question thus big with the fate of empire . Let us open their doors , and look ...
... judge of its importance by its effects , it appears in still greater magnitude . Let us , then , bring before us the assembly , which was about to decide a question thus big with the fate of empire . Let us open their doors , and look ...
Page 90
... judges , that the diplo- matic intercourse of the government of the United States , from the first meeting of the Continental Congress in 1774 to the present time , taken together , would not suffer , in respect to the talent with which ...
... judges , that the diplo- matic intercourse of the government of the United States , from the first meeting of the Continental Congress in 1774 to the present time , taken together , would not suffer , in respect to the talent with which ...
Page 92
... judges , not seeing an ostentatious display of it , might infer that it did not exist ; forgetting , or not knowing , that classical learning , in men who act in conspicuous public stations , perform duties which exercise the faculty of ...
... judges , not seeing an ostentatious display of it , might infer that it did not exist ; forgetting , or not knowing , that classical learning , in men who act in conspicuous public stations , perform duties which exercise the faculty of ...
Page 95
... judge justly of our situation , and of our own duties , that I earnest- ly urge this consideration of our position , and our character , among the nations of the earth . It cannot be denied , but by those who would dispute against the ...
... judge justly of our situation , and of our own duties , that I earnest- ly urge this consideration of our position , and our character , among the nations of the earth . It cannot be denied , but by those who would dispute against the ...
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