The World's Great Classics: Democracy in America, by A. de TocquevilleTimothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne Colonial Press, 1899 - Literature Library Committee: Timothy Dwight ... Richard Henry Stoddard, Arthur Richmond Marsh, A.B. [and others] ... Illustrated with nearly two hundred photogravures, etchings, colored plates and full page portraits of great authors. Clarence Cook, art editor. |
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... naturally gives men a taste for free institutions ...... 301 CHAPTER II That the notions of democratic nations on government are naturally favorable to the concentration of power ... 303 CHAPTER III That the sentiments of democratic ...
... naturally gives men a taste for free institutions ...... 301 CHAPTER II That the notions of democratic nations on government are naturally favorable to the concentration of power ... 303 CHAPTER III That the sentiments of democratic ...
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... natural sciences , and Descartes in the study of philosophy in the strict sense of the term , abolished recognized formulas , destroyed the empire of tradition , and overthrew the authority of the schools . The philosophers of the ...
... natural sciences , and Descartes in the study of philosophy in the strict sense of the term , abolished recognized formulas , destroyed the empire of tradition , and overthrew the authority of the schools . The philosophers of the ...
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... natural light which illumi- nates their path grows dimmer and less secure ; and that , in spite of all their efforts , they have as yet only 21 CHAPTER V Of the manner in which religion in the United States avails itself of democratic ...
... natural light which illumi- nates their path grows dimmer and less secure ; and that , in spite of all their efforts , they have as yet only 21 CHAPTER V Of the manner in which religion in the United States avails itself of democratic ...
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... naturally raise his soul to regions far above those of the senses . Nor is there any which does not impose on man some sort of duties to his kind , and thus draws him at times from the contemplation of himself . This occurs in re ...
... naturally raise his soul to regions far above those of the senses . Nor is there any which does not impose on man some sort of duties to his kind , and thus draws him at times from the contemplation of himself . This occurs in re ...
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... natural propensities of the human mind , in order not unnecessarily to run counter to them . I firmly believe in the necessity of forms , which fix the human mind in the contemplation of abstract truths , and stimulate its ardor in the ...
... natural propensities of the human mind , in order not unnecessarily to run counter to them . I firmly believe in the necessity of forms , which fix the human mind in the contemplation of abstract truths , and stimulate its ardor in the ...
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Page 387 - No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more...
Page 379 - The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day.
Page 377 - All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
Page 385 - Vice-President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Page 384 - States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice-President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall choose from them by Ballot the Vice-President.]* The Congress may determine the Time of choosing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United...
Page 112 - Americans of all ages, all conditions, and all dispositions constantly form associations. They have not only commercial and manufacturing companies, in which all take part, but associations of a thousand other kinds, religious, moral, serious, futile, general or restricted, enormous or diminutive.
Page 390 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Page 382 - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal ; coin Money ; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Page 378 - No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
Page 378 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers ; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six years; and each senator shall have one vote.