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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... prestige of Washington's name , held it there for twelve years ; but they never probably , on any of the party issues , had a majority of the voters , even with a restricted suffrage . Dating 1876. ] 53 Politics in America , 1776 – 1876 .
... prestige of Washington's name , held it there for twelve years ; but they never probably , on any of the party issues , had a majority of the voters , even with a restricted suffrage . Dating 1876. ] 53 Politics in America , 1776 – 1876 .
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... probably hurt him . It was proudly said that King Caucus was now dethroned , but never was there a greater mistake . He had only just come of age and escaped from tutelage . He was about to enter on his inheritance . - General Jackson ...
... probably hurt him . It was proudly said that King Caucus was now dethroned , but never was there a greater mistake . He had only just come of age and escaped from tutelage . He was about to enter on his inheritance . - General Jackson ...
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... Probably , if the South had been more moderate , the Abolitionists would have attracted little more notice than a fanatical religious sect ; but , as events marched on , they came to stand as the leaders in the greatest political ...
... Probably , if the South had been more moderate , the Abolitionists would have attracted little more notice than a fanatical religious sect ; but , as events marched on , they came to stand as the leaders in the greatest political ...
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... probably the recollection and standard of this state of things which leads men now on the stage to believe that corruption is spreading and that the political system is degenerating . It is one of the peculiarities of the government of ...
... probably the recollection and standard of this state of things which leads men now on the stage to believe that corruption is spreading and that the political system is degenerating . It is one of the peculiarities of the government of ...
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... probably had still other causes . The last twenty - five years have seen immense additions to the number and variety of subjects which claim a share of the interest and attention of intelligent men . Literature has taken an entirely new ...
... probably had still other causes . The last twenty - five years have seen immense additions to the number and variety of subjects which claim a share of the interest and attention of intelligent men . Literature has taken an entirely new ...
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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...