The African Repository, Volume 13American Colonization Society., 1837 - African Americans |
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... feeling of uncharitableness in the disposal of this property devoted to charity , the Board have consented that it should be resold . It is worthy of re- mark , that as this property is to be sold on a credit of one , two , and three ...
... feeling of uncharitableness in the disposal of this property devoted to charity , the Board have consented that it should be resold . It is worthy of re- mark , that as this property is to be sold on a credit of one , two , and three ...
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... feel the magnitude and importance of its work . Let them regard it as a work patriotic and benevolent in all its tendencies , the execution of which is demanded alike by the love of our country , our nature , and our God ; and which ...
... feel the magnitude and importance of its work . Let them regard it as a work patriotic and benevolent in all its tendencies , the execution of which is demanded alike by the love of our country , our nature , and our God ; and which ...
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... feel interested in the melioration of human misery , and the promo- tion of human happiness , it must be gratifying in the extreme to notice the onward march of all our benevolent societies ; societies which are intended to advance the ...
... feel interested in the melioration of human misery , and the promo- tion of human happiness , it must be gratifying in the extreme to notice the onward march of all our benevolent societies ; societies which are intended to advance the ...
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lars ; there is scarcely a thinking person here but would feel insulted if you talked to him about returning . The people are now turning their attention to the cultivation of the soil , and are beginning to live within their own means ...
lars ; there is scarcely a thinking person here but would feel insulted if you talked to him about returning . The people are now turning their attention to the cultivation of the soil , and are beginning to live within their own means ...
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... feel a gush of emotion which I can neither restrain nor yet describe . Some of the first specimens of the sensibilities of our nature , in all their tenderness and pathos , I have witnessed in my intercourse , professional and otherwise ...
... feel a gush of emotion which I can neither restrain nor yet describe . Some of the first specimens of the sensibilities of our nature , in all their tenderness and pathos , I have witnessed in my intercourse , professional and otherwise ...
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Page 164 - ... a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various...
Page 74 - ... is hereby annulled. ART. XXXIII. A majority of the members of each branch of the general court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members.
Page 75 - ... ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a Commander in Chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same...
Page 34 - He would therefore move to strike out all after the word " resolved," and insert the following : That this congress expresses its preference for the system known as the family system, in conducting juvenile reformatories.
Page 266 - At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye.
Page 347 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness...
Page 77 - The property of no person shall be taken for public use without just compensation therefor.
Page 266 - I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage.
Page 347 - Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit These things teach and exhort.
Page 145 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.