Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With Selections of the Most Valuable Portions of His Voluminous and Unrivaled Private CorrespondenceA. Francis and W. Boardman, 1832 - 556 頁 |
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... whole combining to show the views and tendencies of parties , from the year 1790 to 1800 , and preserved for the purpose of furnishing " their testimony against the only history of that pe- riod which pretends to have been compiled from ...
... whole combining to show the views and tendencies of parties , from the year 1790 to 1800 , and preserved for the purpose of furnishing " their testimony against the only history of that pe- riod which pretends to have been compiled from ...
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... whole of any one , -sufficient to give the full sense of the Writer on any required point , and avoiding all extraneous observa- tions . The historical and biographical portions of the work have al- so been derived , in great part ...
... whole of any one , -sufficient to give the full sense of the Writer on any required point , and avoiding all extraneous observa- tions . The historical and biographical portions of the work have al- so been derived , in great part ...
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... whole race was imbued . At a period when birth was the principal cir- cumstance which decided rank , such a raciness and unsophisticated tone of character , in an influential family , whose wealth alone was suf- ficient to identify them ...
... whole race was imbued . At a period when birth was the principal cir- cumstance which decided rank , such a raciness and unsophisticated tone of character , in an influential family , whose wealth alone was suf- ficient to identify them ...
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... whole cir- cuit of the Civil and Common Law ; exploring every topic with pre- cision , and fathoming every principle to the bottom . Here , also , he is said to have acquired that unrivaled facility , neatness , and or- a der in ...
... whole cir- cuit of the Civil and Common Law ; exploring every topic with pre- cision , and fathoming every principle to the bottom . Here , also , he is said to have acquired that unrivaled facility , neatness , and or- a der in ...
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... whole monarchical body of the House of Burgesses , as a matter of course ; and , besides , they were deemed so ill advised in point of time , as to rally in opposition to them all the old members , including such men as Peyton Randolph ...
... whole monarchical body of the House of Burgesses , as a matter of course ; and , besides , they were deemed so ill advised in point of time , as to rally in opposition to them all the old members , including such men as Peyton Randolph ...
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第 164 頁 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of Fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
第 136 頁 - Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.
第 545 頁 - 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.
第 36 頁 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?
第 454 頁 - I believe this on the contrary the strongest government on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern.
第 160 頁 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
第 401 頁 - Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things. And let us reflect that, having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
第 402 頁 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
第 505 頁 - I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.
第 403 頁 - ... these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and the blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.