The Greatest Fact in Modern HistoryT.Y. Crowell & Company, 1907 - 39 頁 An address upon the rise and development of the United States. |
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第 31 頁 - Man ; he says they will be Lyons, whilst we are Lambs but if we take the resolute part they will undoubtedly prove very meek...
第 18 頁 - Of the latter, a thousand were sent to New York, where free quarters for the officers were demanded of the city. The demand was resisted by the mayor, as contrary to the laws of England and the liberties of America. "Free quarters are everywhere usual," answered the commander-in-chief ;" I assert it on my honor, which is the highest evidence you can require.
第 23 頁 - Come, join hand in hand, brave Americans all, By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall ; To die we can bear, but to serve we disdain ; For shame is to freedom more dreadful than pain. In freedom we're born, in freedom we'll live ; Our purses are ready ; steady, boys, steady ; Not as slaves, but as freemen, our money we'll give. The British administration was blind to its dangers, and believed American union impossible. " You will learn what transpires in America infinitely better in the city than...
第 22 頁 - I am against repealing the last Act of Parliament, securing to us a revenue out of America; I will never think of repealing it, until I see America prostrate at my feet.
第 35 頁 - O THOU, that sendest out the man To rule by land and sea, Strong mother of a Lion-line, Be proud of those strong sons of thine Who wrench'd their rights from thee! What wonder, if in noble heat Those men thine arms withstood, Retaught the lesson thou hadst taught. And in thy spirit with thee fought — Who sprang from English blood!
第 23 頁 - Then join hand in hand brave Americans all, By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall; In so righteous a cause let us hope to succeed, For Heaven approves of each generous deed.
第 8 頁 - I hope nothing that has happened, or may happen, will diminish in the least our loyalty to our Sovereign, or affection for this nation in general. I can scarcely conceive a King of better dispositions, of more exemplary virtues, or more truly desirous of promoting the welfare of all his subjects The experience we have had of the family in the two preceding mild reigns, and the good temper of our young princes, so far as can yet be discovered, promise us a continuance of this felicity...
第 37 頁 - In several states ownership of a freehold of fifty acres or a town lot was necessary ; in scarcely any could the suffrage be exercised without a return of considerable taxable property, real or personal. A reasonable degree of intelligence was also exacted and the illiterate were excluded. Far fewer offices than now were elective. The judges were generally appointed, sometimes for seven years, sometimes during good behavior. Even the delegates to the Continental Congress were chosen not by the people...
第 9 頁 - The body of this people, too, is of a noble and generous nature, loving and honoring the spirit of liberty, and hating arbitrary power of all sorts. We have many, very many, friends among them.
第 6 頁 - ... for that purpose, — but not all were ready to tolerate other people's religion. At times there had been efforts to impose upon them the Established Church of England, but to this they thought consent impossible. Religion and education they fostered alike. The church and the schoolhouse went with every fresh pioneer settlement. But many of them left England to escape bishops, others to escape the ruling classes, and in their new homes they would submit neither to a prelacy nor to a nobility....