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... 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 ...
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... 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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Страница 80 - ... Resolved, That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Страница 84 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object, — this, this is eloquence; or rather, it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Страница 87 - Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and Independence forever.
Страница 425 - I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing...
Страница 425 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious union ; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood...
Страница 452 - It must be confessed, it will be confessed ; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession.
Страница 452 - Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.
Страница 59 - We wish that this column, rising towards heaven among the pointed spires of so many temples dedicated to God, may contribute also to produce, in all minds, a pious feeling of dependence and gratitude. We wish, finally, that the last object...
Страница 425 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind.
Страница 85 - Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why, then, should we defer the Declaration ? Is any man so weak as now to hope for a reconciliation with England, which shall leave either safety to the country and its liberties, or safety to his own life and his own honor?