Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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... character , and its indispensable necessity , if we intended to maintain and extend our commerce . These opinions and sentiments I brought into Congress ; and , so far as I remember , it was the first , or among the first , times in ...
... character , and its indispensable necessity , if we intended to maintain and extend our commerce . These opinions and sentiments I brought into Congress ; and , so far as I remember , it was the first , or among the first , times in ...
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... character of its officers , and the spirit of its seamen ; and I knew that , in their hands , though the flag of the country might go down to the bottom , while they went with it , yet that it could never be dishonored or disgraced ...
... character of its officers , and the spirit of its seamen ; and I knew that , in their hands , though the flag of the country might go down to the bottom , while they went with it , yet that it could never be dishonored or disgraced ...
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... character and services . But on these it were not becoming to dwell in ad- dressing yourself . Nor is a regard for these the only , or the principal mo- tive of those , for whom I speak . They offer it mainly to evince the high ...
... character and services . But on these it were not becoming to dwell in ad- dressing yourself . Nor is a regard for these the only , or the principal mo- tive of those , for whom I speak . They offer it mainly to evince the high ...
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... character , of which I feel I am not worthy . " The Defender of the Constitution " is a title quite too high for me . - He who shall prove himself the ablest , among the able men of the country ; he who shall serve it longest , among ...
... character , of which I feel I am not worthy . " The Defender of the Constitution " is a title quite too high for me . - He who shall prove himself the ablest , among the able men of the country ; he who shall serve it longest , among ...
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... character . But it is a balanced and guarded system ; a system of checks and con- trols ; a system in which powers are carefully delegated , and as carefully limited ; a system in which the symmetry of the parts is designed to produce ...
... character . But it is a balanced and guarded system ; a system of checks and con- trols ; a system in which powers are carefully delegated , and as carefully limited ; a system in which the symmetry of the parts is designed to produce ...
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