The Lives of the Presidents of the United States: Embracing a Brief History of the Principal Events of Their Respective Administrations. To which is Appended, the Declaration of Independence ...H. Phelps & Company, 1848 - 128 頁 |
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... present , and all other topics with which an Ameri- can statesman and enlightened citizen ought to be familiar- can not be too early instilled into the mind of the young of both sexes . The limits to which we shall restrict ourselves ...
... present , and all other topics with which an Ameri- can statesman and enlightened citizen ought to be familiar- can not be too early instilled into the mind of the young of both sexes . The limits to which we shall restrict ourselves ...
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... present a readier passport to the public regard . Great , sometimes , has been the anxious search for proofs of ancestral rank — rank derived merely from the bauble patent of nobility , bestowed according to the caprices of a prince ...
... present a readier passport to the public regard . Great , sometimes , has been the anxious search for proofs of ancestral rank — rank derived merely from the bauble patent of nobility , bestowed according to the caprices of a prince ...
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... present city of Pitts- burg ) in safety . He was politely treated by the commandant ( St. Pierre ) , all the circumstances , asked her forgiveness , which , of course , was readily granted . Her reply is remarkable : " Young man , I ...
... present city of Pitts- burg ) in safety . He was politely treated by the commandant ( St. Pierre ) , all the circumstances , asked her forgiveness , which , of course , was readily granted . Her reply is remarkable : " Young man , I ...
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... presents few names to its students more attractive and distinguished than that of THOMAS JEFFERSON , and rarely has a single individual , in civil station , acquired such an ascendency over the feelings and actions of a people , as was ...
... presents few names to its students more attractive and distinguished than that of THOMAS JEFFERSON , and rarely has a single individual , in civil station , acquired such an ascendency over the feelings and actions of a people , as was ...
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... present at the disastrous skirmish at Harlem , on York island , and at the equally disastrous battle of White Plains . He was also found in the vanguard at Tren- ton , and there received a bullet - wound which scarred him for life . For ...
... present at the disastrous skirmish at Harlem , on York island , and at the equally disastrous battle of White Plains . He was also found in the vanguard at Tren- ton , and there received a bullet - wound which scarred him for life . For ...
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第 119 頁 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
第 122 頁 - But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand, neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the Government to support them, conventional rules of intercourse...
第 115 頁 - ... the happiness of the people of these states, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete, by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing, as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and the adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.
第 107 頁 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually Invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
第 122 頁 - 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.
第 117 頁 - States, a decisive proof how unfounded were the suspicions propagated among them of a policy in the general government and in the Atlantic States unfriendly to their interests in regard to the Mississippi. They have been witnesses to the formation of two treaties— that with Great Britain and that with Spain — which secure to them everything they could desire, in respect to our foreign relations, towards confirming their prosperity.
第 120 頁 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
第 117 頁 - These considerations speak a persuasive language to every reflecting and virtuous mind, and exhibit the continuance of the union as a primary object of patriotic desire. Is there a doubt whether a common government can embrace so large a sphere?
第 115 頁 - ... and for the opportunities I have thence enjoyed of manifesting my inviolable attachment by services faithful and persevering, though in usefulness unequal to my zeal. If benefits have resulted to our country from these services, let it always be remembered to your praise, and as an instructive example in our annals, that under circumstances in which the passions, agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead...
第 119 頁 - It is important likewise that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding, in the exercise of the powers of one department, to encroach upon another.