Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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Page 19
... less remarkable than the preceding . Our immediate ancestors are , indeed , singularly distinguished as the founders of our Free Institutions ; but we are ourselves almost as critically , and , for usefulness at least , as fortunately ...
... less remarkable than the preceding . Our immediate ancestors are , indeed , singularly distinguished as the founders of our Free Institutions ; but we are ourselves almost as critically , and , for usefulness at least , as fortunately ...
Page 20
... less affect the received meaning of the Constitution , and so become a part of the public law . On the public men of this age , therefore , rests a responsi- bility of no ordinary kind . To the friends of rational liberty and popular ...
... less affect the received meaning of the Constitution , and so become a part of the public law . On the public men of this age , therefore , rests a responsi- bility of no ordinary kind . To the friends of rational liberty and popular ...
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... less admiration of their eloquence , than satisfaction in the soundness and ability of their general views . " This tribute , coming as it does from those who are not apt to over - estimate the intellectual power or literary taste of ...
... less admiration of their eloquence , than satisfaction in the soundness and ability of their general views . " This tribute , coming as it does from those who are not apt to over - estimate the intellectual power or literary taste of ...
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... less exalted purpose , in a period of less general intelligence , or more without plan and by accident ; or under circumstances , physical and moral , less favorable to the ex- pectation of laying a foundation for great public ...
... less exalted purpose , in a period of less general intelligence , or more without plan and by accident ; or under circumstances , physical and moral , less favorable to the ex- pectation of laying a foundation for great public ...
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... less dependent , and more or less connect- ed . We know how imperfect this system was , as a system of gen- eral politics , and what scope it gave to those mutual dissentions and conflicts which proved so fatal to Greece . But it is ...
... less dependent , and more or less connect- ed . We know how imperfect this system was , as a system of gen- eral politics , and what scope it gave to those mutual dissentions and conflicts which proved so fatal to Greece . But it is ...
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