Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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Page 32
... supposed evil , and the wish to establish marts for trade , led the governments often to undertake the establishment of colonies as an affair of state expedi- ency . Colonization and commerce , indeed , would naturally become objects of ...
... supposed evil , and the wish to establish marts for trade , led the governments often to undertake the establishment of colonies as an affair of state expedi- ency . Colonization and commerce , indeed , would naturally become objects of ...
Page 47
... supposed , that the effects of this might probably be , in time , to break up the soil into such small subdivisions , that the pro- prietors would be too poor to resist the encroachments of executive power . I think far otherwise . What ...
... supposed , that the effects of this might probably be , in time , to break up the soil into such small subdivisions , that the pro- prietors would be too poor to resist the encroachments of executive power . I think far otherwise . What ...
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... supposed , but against it . Those writers only reason upon what they think correct general principles , in relation to this subject . They acknowledge a want of experience . Here we have had that experience ; and we know that a ...
... supposed , but against it . Those writers only reason upon what they think correct general principles , in relation to this subject . They acknowledge a want of experience . Here we have had that experience ; and we know that a ...
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... supposed , that this state of things possesses too strong tendencies towards the production of a dead and uninterest- ing level in society . Such tendencies are sufficiently counteracted by the infinite diversities in the characters and ...
... supposed , that this state of things possesses too strong tendencies towards the production of a dead and uninterest- ing level in society . Such tendencies are sufficiently counteracted by the infinite diversities in the characters and ...
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... supposed that our object is to perpetuate na- tional hostility , or even to cherish a mere military spirit . It is high- er , purer , nobler . We consecrate our work to the spirit of national independence , and we wish that the light of ...
... supposed that our object is to perpetuate na- tional hostility , or even to cherish a mere military spirit . It is high- er , purer , nobler . We consecrate our work to the spirit of national independence , and we wish that the light of ...
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