New Viewpoints in American HistoryMacmillan, 1922 - 299 страница |
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... conventions of older communities , and tempered by the hazards and difficulties of wilderness life , men were counted successful for what they did , not for what their ancestors may have done . Like the castaways in Barrie's delightful ...
... conventions of older communities , and tempered by the hazards and difficulties of wilderness life , men were counted successful for what they did , not for what their ancestors may have done . Like the castaways in Barrie's delightful ...
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... conventions of the older settled portions , and once more forced to find a solution for such typical frontier problems as those of transportation and communication with the East , 38 NEW VIEWPOINTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
... conventions of the older settled portions , and once more forced to find a solution for such typical frontier problems as those of transportation and communication with the East , 38 NEW VIEWPOINTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
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... conventions . After pointing out that mankind has constantly been influenced and divided by differences over religion and government or by attachment to outstanding leaders , Madison added : " But the most common and durable source of ...
... conventions . After pointing out that mankind has constantly been influenced and divided by differences over religion and government or by attachment to outstanding leaders , Madison added : " But the most common and durable source of ...
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... Convention a general expectation was shared alike by southerners and northerners that the institu- tion of slavery was destined to gradual extinction in the course of the next generation or so . year But the vast expansion of cotton ...
... Convention a general expectation was shared alike by southerners and northerners that the institu- tion of slavery was destined to gradual extinction in the course of the next generation or so . year But the vast expansion of cotton ...
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... conventions that charac- terized the period . " The mob begin to think and to reason , " was the acute observation of Gouverneur Morris in 1774 , himself an aristocrat . " Poor reptiles ! it is with them a vernal morning ; they are ...
... conventions that charac- terized the period . " The mob begin to think and to reason , " was the acute observation of Gouverneur Morris in 1774 , himself an aristocrat . " Poor reptiles ! it is with them a vernal morning ; they are ...
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Страница 25 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness ; nor can any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference.
Страница 136 - The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.
Страница 24 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Страница 98 - All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God.
Страница 137 - In the covenant of marriage she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming to all intents and purposes her master — the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty and to administer chastisement.
Страница 46 - But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property.
Страница 189 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Страница 160 - The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations.
Страница 129 - I have retrenched every superfluous expense in my table and family; tea I have not drank since last Christmas, nor bought a new cap or gown since your defeat at Lexington; and, what I never did before, have learned to knit, and am now making stockings of American wool for my servants, and this way do I throw in my mite for the public good.
Страница 176 - Oh, Mr. Adams, what great things have you and your colleagues done for us! We can never be grateful enough to you. There are no Courts of Justice now in this Province, and I hope there never will be another.