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... OF HISTORY IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK Ab eo libertas a quo spiritus He that gave us life gave us liberty NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS B HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY NOV 1 1954 COPYRIGHT , 1918 1918 FIGURES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY.
... OF HISTORY IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK Ab eo libertas a quo spiritus He that gave us life gave us liberty NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS B HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY NOV 1 1954 COPYRIGHT , 1918 1918 FIGURES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY.
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... liberty or give me death ! " The motion to arm the colony was carried , and Jefferson was placed , with Henry , Lee , Washington , and nine others , on a com- mittee to prepare a plan of defense . Before ad- 1 " ( The powers of these ...
... liberty or give me death ! " The motion to arm the colony was carried , and Jefferson was placed , with Henry , Lee , Washington , and nine others , on a com- mittee to prepare a plan of defense . Before ad- 1 " ( The powers of these ...
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... liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , the func- tion of government as a guarantee of those rights , its just powers derived from the consent of the gov- erned - these are the political principles on which our republic is founded and ...
... liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , the func- tion of government as a guarantee of those rights , its just powers derived from the consent of the gov- erned - these are the political principles on which our republic is founded and ...
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... liberty as a gift of God and not a grant from monarchs . On the approach of the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence the city of Washington invited Jef- ferson to take part in its celebration . He had entered his ...
... liberty as a gift of God and not a grant from monarchs . On the approach of the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence the city of Washington invited Jef- ferson to take part in its celebration . He had entered his ...
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... to have three of his services to the cause of liberty inscribed . The first was : AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE . CHAPTER III THE REFORM OF THE VIRGINIA CODE The Gothic DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 51.
... to have three of his services to the cause of liberty inscribed . The first was : AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE . CHAPTER III THE REFORM OF THE VIRGINIA CODE The Gothic DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 51.
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