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... twenty - seven years before his death , lured by an honorable , long - cherished ambition , gave up a practice at the Maryland bar which in a few years would have en- riched him , in order to accept the post of chief justice . Whatever ...
... twenty - seven years before his death , lured by an honorable , long - cherished ambition , gave up a practice at the Maryland bar which in a few years would have en- riched him , in order to accept the post of chief justice . Whatever ...
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... twenty thousand dollars a year , with a proper retir- ing - pension , the government could look over the bar of the whole country , and get the best living man for every vacancy . Perhaps fifteen thousand would almost answer , which is ...
... twenty thousand dollars a year , with a proper retir- ing - pension , the government could look over the bar of the whole country , and get the best living man for every vacancy . Perhaps fifteen thousand would almost answer , which is ...
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... twenty thousand , you will observe , at last , that the first- rate men remain at the bar , and the third - rate men are on the bench . Not at first , because the permanence of the appointment counts for much , and the honor for more ...
... twenty thousand , you will observe , at last , that the first- rate men remain at the bar , and the third - rate men are on the bench . Not at first , because the permanence of the appointment counts for much , and the honor for more ...
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... twenty moderate dinners a year , costs about fifteen thousand dollars per annum ; which is about the present value of the salary which Hamilton found inadequate dur- ing the presidency of General Washington . Hamilton , however , had ...
... twenty moderate dinners a year , costs about fifteen thousand dollars per annum ; which is about the present value of the salary which Hamilton found inadequate dur- ing the presidency of General Washington . Hamilton , however , had ...
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... a hundred applications a day for the exer- tion of that influence . One member , who was not on the best terms with the President , would have twenty callers in one evening , asking his aid in procuring a 16 TOPICS OF THE TIME .
... a hundred applications a day for the exer- tion of that influence . One member , who was not on the best terms with the President , would have twenty callers in one evening , asking his aid in procuring a 16 TOPICS OF THE TIME .
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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...