The United States: An Experiment in DemocracyHarper, 1920 - 332 halaman |
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... never been only France , but always something European - the source and the exemplar of fruitful ideas . The United States has likewise had its meaning for the Occidental world ; in its own eyes and in the eyes of Europe it has stood ...
... never been only France , but always something European - the source and the exemplar of fruitful ideas . The United States has likewise had its meaning for the Occidental world ; in its own eyes and in the eyes of Europe it has stood ...
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... never known before . This feeling of emancipation was due not only to the fact that the Colonies had aided in winning the war , but also to the fact that for the first time they had acted together for a common end . The Colonies had ...
... never known before . This feeling of emancipation was due not only to the fact that the Colonies had aided in winning the war , but also to the fact that for the first time they had acted together for a common end . The Colonies had ...
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... never before that these Englishmen were some- how different from the colonials , and that a Massachusetts man was , after all , much more like a Virginian than either was like the Eng- lishman . The French and Indian War , in fact ...
... never before that these Englishmen were some- how different from the colonials , and that a Massachusetts man was , after all , much more like a Virginian than either was like the Eng- lishman . The French and Indian War , in fact ...
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... never listened to a more languid debate ; and Horace Walpole , who afterward became a rabid supporter of the Colonies , mentions the passage of the Stamp Act as one might mention any unim- portant act of legislative routine . At the ...
... never listened to a more languid debate ; and Horace Walpole , who afterward became a rabid supporter of the Colonies , mentions the passage of the Stamp Act as one might mention any unim- portant act of legislative routine . At the ...
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... never greater than just after the Seven Years ' War , when all the world was fearing or admiring the tre- mendous success of Great Britain . Naturally enough , therefore , the average Englishman felt that this Empire , about which the ...
... never greater than just after the Seven Years ' War , when all the world was fearing or admiring the tre- mendous success of Great Britain . Naturally enough , therefore , the average Englishman felt that this Empire , about which the ...
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Halaman 133 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are, of necessity, more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Halaman 210 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Halaman 123 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government...
Halaman 267 - ... and it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Halaman 210 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Halaman 266 - It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general...
Halaman 210 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be
Halaman 193 - I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation.
Halaman 199 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Halaman 52 - That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.