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... once with our ancestors and our posterity . Human and mortal although we are , we are nevertheless not mere insulated beings , without relation to the past or the future . Neither the point of time , nor the spot of earth , in which we ...
... once with our ancestors and our posterity . Human and mortal although we are , we are nevertheless not mere insulated beings , without relation to the past or the future . Neither the point of time , nor the spot of earth , in which we ...
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... once , from the system of military ser- vice , established in the dark ages , and which continues , down even to the present time , more or less to affect the condition of property all over Europe . They came to a new country . There ...
... once , from the system of military ser- vice , established in the dark ages , and which continues , down even to the present time , more or less to affect the condition of property all over Europe . They came to a new country . There ...
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... once . We owe deep obligation to our ancestors , who began , almost on the moment of their arrival , the work of building up this institution . Although established in a different government , the colony of Plymouth manifested warm ...
... once . We owe deep obligation to our ancestors , who began , almost on the moment of their arrival , the work of building up this institution . Although established in a different government , the colony of Plymouth manifested warm ...
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... once forgotten , and that equality which is remembered to have subsisted so lately among them , prevents those who are clothed with authority , from attempting to invade the freedom of their brethren ; or if such an attempt is made , it ...
... once forgotten , and that equality which is remembered to have subsisted so lately among them , prevents those who are clothed with authority , from attempting to invade the freedom of their brethren ; or if such an attempt is made , it ...
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... once , that we are absolute slaves , and have no property of our own ; or else , that we may be freemen , and , at the same time , under a necessity of obeying the arbi- trary commands of those over whom we have no control or influence ...
... once , that we are absolute slaves , and have no property of our own ; or else , that we may be freemen , and , at the same time , under a necessity of obeying the arbi- trary commands of those over whom we have no control or influence ...
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Page 105 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take;...
Page 277 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 104 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year...
Page 104 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 104 - And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain.
Page 103 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?
Page 80 - A great chord of sentiment and feeling runs through two continents, and vibrates over both. Every breeze wafts intelligence from country to country; every wave rolls it; all give it forth, and all in turn receive it. There is a vast commerce of ideas; there are marts and exchanges for intellectual discoveries, and a wonderful fellowship of those individual intelligences which make up the mind and opinion of the age. Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human...
Page 277 - Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the Scripture says, and I reckon it's so.
Page 22 - Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Page 75 - We live in a most extraordinary age. Events so various and so important that they might crowd and distinguish centuries are, in our times, compressed within the compass of a single life.