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... mind , that this court contributes its share to the maintenance and elucida- tion of justice in this land . The reader will observe that in constituting this Court Congress has nobly parted with a portion of its sovereignty . When it ...
... mind , that this court contributes its share to the maintenance and elucida- tion of justice in this land . The reader will observe that in constituting this Court Congress has nobly parted with a portion of its sovereignty . When it ...
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... mind of the Navy De- partment . Some mind was ; and the principle is the same , whether it goes by the name of Fox or another . To this class of officials , assistant secretaries , heads of important bureaus , and others , - Uncle Sam ...
... mind of the Navy De- partment . Some mind was ; and the principle is the same , whether it goes by the name of Fox or another . To this class of officials , assistant secretaries , heads of important bureaus , and others , - Uncle Sam ...
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... mind , and draws his pay as before . As long as the President of the United States is a Repub- lican , and the member of Congress who got him his place continues to be re - elected , and does not want the office for some one else , so ...
... mind , and draws his pay as before . As long as the President of the United States is a Repub- lican , and the member of Congress who got him his place continues to be re - elected , and does not want the office for some one else , so ...
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... mind to do a thing he don't like to be cheated out of it . There have not been more than thirty new appointments made . " Thirty men suddenly deprived of their means of living , and thirty more lured perhaps from stable employments , in ...
... mind to do a thing he don't like to be cheated out of it . There have not been more than thirty new appointments made . " Thirty men suddenly deprived of their means of living , and thirty more lured perhaps from stable employments , in ...
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... mind by the ' noise and confusion ' of the great city . The delivery of this nar- rative occupied , as nearly as I remember , about half an hour . I listened to it attentively , endeavoring to discover some point in his discourse which ...
... mind by the ' noise and confusion ' of the great city . The delivery of this nar- rative occupied , as nearly as I remember , about half an hour . I listened to it attentively , endeavoring to discover some point in his discourse which ...
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Page 247 - I do remember him at Clement's Inn, like a man made after supper of a cheese-paring : when he was naked, he was, for all the world, like a forked radish, with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knife...
Page 197 - Little improvement can be expected in morality until the producing large families is regarded with the same feelings as drunkenness or any other physical excess. But while the aristocracy and clergy are foremost to set the example of this kind of incontinence, what can be expected from the poor?
Page 50 - ... to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry, and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings ; sincerity, good humor and all social affections and generous sentiments among the people.
Page 259 - There had before been propositions to fix the seat of government either at Philadelphia, or at Georgetown on the Potomac ; and it was thought that by giving it to Philadelphia for ten years, and to Georgetown permanently afterwards, this might, as an anodyne, calm in some degree the ferment which might be excited by the other measure alone. So two of the Potomac members (White and Lee, but White with a revulsion of stomach almost convulsive,) agreed to change their votes, and Hamilton undertook to...
Page 320 - ... more than imperial authority ; for Kings and Emperors will be among its ministering servants ; it will rule not over, but in, all heads, and with these its solitary combinations of ideas, as with magic formulas, bend the world to its will ! The time may come, when Napoleon himself will be better known for his laws than for his battles ; and the victory of Waterloo prove less momentous than the opening of the first Mechanics
Page 187 - Dr Franklin then arose, and with his usual dignified simplicity, said, ''George Washington — the Joshua, who commanded the sun and moon to stand still ; and they obeyed him.
Page 245 - THERE used to be in Paris, under the ancient regime, a few women of brilliant talents, who violated all the common duties of life, and gave very pleasant little suppers.
Page 259 - Georgetown on the Potomac ; and it was thought that by giving it to Philadelphia for ten years, and to Georgetown permanently afterwards, this might, as an anodyne, calm in some degree the ferment which might be excited by the other measure alone. So two of the Potomac members (White and Lee, but White with a revulsion of stomach almost convulsive,) agreed to change their votes, and Hamilton undertook to carry the other point. In doing this, the influence he had established over the eastern members,...
Page 38 - Upon his producing them, they put it to vote whether they should burn them, and it passed in the affirmative. They then made a circle and burnt them. They then called a vote whether they should huzza, but, it being Sunday evening, it passed in the negative.
Page 34 - English language, and write his name: provided, however, that the provisions of this amendment shall not. apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from complying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the right to vote...