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... respect for the opinion of mankind " could neither drive his body , nor philosophize his mind into such a position as that by which " life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness " are won . It comes to this - if Jefferson was right ...
... respect for the opinion of mankind " could neither drive his body , nor philosophize his mind into such a position as that by which " life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness " are won . It comes to this - if Jefferson was right ...
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... respecting their inclina- tion for French aid . He was accompanied from Eng- by one Cockayne , an English attorney , to whom he indiscreetly opened his mind , being seduced by the lawyer's apparent truth . With Wolfe Tone , as the chief ...
... respecting their inclina- tion for French aid . He was accompanied from Eng- by one Cockayne , an English attorney , to whom he indiscreetly opened his mind , being seduced by the lawyer's apparent truth . With Wolfe Tone , as the chief ...
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... respects , Hay states that " landed property was considered of higher value in it than in many other parts of the island . An exe- cution for a capital crime rarely took place there ; and in the calendar of its criminals , it has as few ...
... respects , Hay states that " landed property was considered of higher value in it than in many other parts of the island . An exe- cution for a capital crime rarely took place there ; and in the calendar of its criminals , it has as few ...
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... respect , need no illustration to refresh the reader of history . At this particular juncture , men of loyal sympathies through- out the land had to blush for the massacres perpe- trated in the name of royalty and order . Their shame ...
... respect , need no illustration to refresh the reader of history . At this particular juncture , men of loyal sympathies through- out the land had to blush for the massacres perpe- trated in the name of royalty and order . Their shame ...
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... of that esteem in every respect , eminently worthy of the cause they adorned , and the affection which rises like an echo in the bo- soms of those who have taken their histories to heart 158 ' NINETY - EIGHT AND FORTY - EIGHT .
... of that esteem in every respect , eminently worthy of the cause they adorned , and the affection which rises like an echo in the bo- soms of those who have taken their histories to heart 158 ' NINETY - EIGHT AND FORTY - EIGHT .
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Page 312 - When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Page 217 - When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.
Page 217 - I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world — it is the charity of its silence! Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them...
Page 44 - ... or cut off the nation's right hand ; greatly emancipate or fundamentally destroy. We may talk plausibly to England, but so long as she exercises a power to bind this country, so long are the nations in a state of war ; the claims of the one go against the liberty of the other, and the sentiments of the latter go to oppose those claims to the last drop of her blood.
Page 48 - To subvert the tyranny of our execrable Government, to break the connection with England, the neverfailing source of all our political evils, and to assert the independence of my country — these were my objects. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissensions, and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter — these were my means.
Page 340 - I desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time should be of short duration. Nor have I the indelicate wish to close the dreary ceremony of a State prosecution with a vain display of words. Did I fear that hereafter when I shall be no more the country...
Page 309 - Our independence must be had at all hazards. If the men of property will not support us, they must fall ; we can support ourselves by the aid of that numerous and respectable class of the community, the men of no property . 12.
Page 341 - With my country, then, I leave my memory — my sentiments -my acts — proudly feeling that they require no vindication from me this day. A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them.
Page 342 - I hope to be able, with a pure heart, and a perfect composure, to appear before a higher tribunal — a tribunal where a Judge of infinite goodness, as well as of justice, will preside, and where, my lords, many, many of the judgments of this world will be reversed.
Page 76 - In the language of holy writ there is a time for all things, a time to preach and a time to pray, but those times have passed away. There is also a time to fight, and that time has now come.