The North American Review, Volume 122Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1876 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... institution which has for its object the support and diffusion of religion . " The broad line of de- marcation between the opinions of to - day and those which prevailed a century ago can nowhere be more distinctly traced than precisely ...
... institution which has for its object the support and diffusion of religion . " The broad line of de- marcation between the opinions of to - day and those which prevailed a century ago can nowhere be more distinctly traced than precisely ...
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... institutions we encounter an experiment the novel and unique features of which have been too much overlooked . It was not even a reproduction , on these shores , of the scheme of Calvin , - at least as that scheme was expounded by his ...
... institutions we encounter an experiment the novel and unique features of which have been too much overlooked . It was not even a reproduction , on these shores , of the scheme of Calvin , - at least as that scheme was expounded by his ...
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... institution and support of the public worship of God . " A government which should neglect this would be guilty of ... institutions ; and still later , Judge Story declared that " it yet remained a problem to be solved in human affairs ...
... institution and support of the public worship of God . " A government which should neglect this would be guilty of ... institutions ; and still later , Judge Story declared that " it yet remained a problem to be solved in human affairs ...
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... . " " Lowly preaching " became their favorite watchword , and it marked the beginning of a popular tendency destined to make itself deeply felt on the religious institutions 16 [ Jan. Religion in America , 1776-1876 .
... . " " Lowly preaching " became their favorite watchword , and it marked the beginning of a popular tendency destined to make itself deeply felt on the religious institutions 16 [ Jan. Religion in America , 1776-1876 .
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... institutions of New England . The Baptists not only gained a controlling influence with a devout but humble class who had little appetite for the elaborate discussions of the Congregational divines , but they were powerfully helped by ...
... institutions of New England . The Baptists not only gained a controlling influence with a devout but humble class who had little appetite for the elaborate discussions of the Congregational divines , but they were powerfully helped by ...
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Page 198 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Page 230 - And in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall in any manner whatever interfere with or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 233 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Page 198 - Among the means which have been employed to this end none have been attended with greater success than the establishment of boards (composed of proper characters) charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums and small pecuniary aids to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement.
Page 232 - In the salutary operation of this sagacious and benevolent restraint it is believed that the inhabitants of Indiana will at no very distant day find ample remuneration for a temporary privation of labor and of emigration.
Page 230 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page 242 - The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original states, criminal and civil, as may be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the district...
Page 244 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Page 173 - It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of 50 householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their towne to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and reade...
Page 192 - No State shall make any law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; and no money raised by taxation in any State for the support of public schools, or derived from any public fund therefor...