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... force . When the exiled House was restored her joy knew no bounds . The New England States were of different temper and different government . While yet on board the Mayflower , the Pilgrims , as we have seen , formed themselves into a ...
... force . When the exiled House was restored her joy knew no bounds . The New England States were of different temper and different government . While yet on board the Mayflower , the Pilgrims , as we have seen , formed themselves into a ...
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... force . This was in the year 1749. In that age there was but one solution of such difficulties . Governments had not learned to reason ; they could only fight . Early in 1751 both parties were actively preparing for war . That war went ...
... force . This was in the year 1749. In that age there was but one solution of such difficulties . Governments had not learned to reason ; they could only fight . Early in 1751 both parties were actively preparing for war . That war went ...
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... force on the 1st of November . That day the bells rung out funereal peals , and the colonists wore the aspect of men on whom some heavy calamity had fallen . But the act never came into force . Not one of Lord Grenville's stamps was ...
... force on the 1st of November . That day the bells rung out funereal peals , and the colonists wore the aspect of men on whom some heavy calamity had fallen . But the act never came into force . Not one of Lord Grenville's stamps was ...
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... force of soldiers , was sent to Boston to carry them into effect . Gage was an authority on American affairs . He had fought under Braddock . Among blind men the one - eyed man is king ; among the profoundly ignorant , the man with a ...
... force of soldiers , was sent to Boston to carry them into effect . Gage was an authority on American affairs . He had fought under Braddock . Among blind men the one - eyed man is king ; among the profoundly ignorant , the man with a ...
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... forces . They took measures to enlist soldiers , and to raise money for their support . When Washington reached the army before Boston , he found it to consist of fourteen thousand men . They were quite undisci- plined , and almost ...
... forces . They took measures to enlist soldiers , and to raise money for their support . When Washington reached the army before Boston , he found it to consist of fourteen thousand men . They were quite undisci- plined , and almost ...
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Page 32 - He sincerely hopes that your views and your action may so accord with his as to assure all faithful citizens who have been disturbed in their rights of a certain and speedy restoration to them, under the Constitution and the laws. And having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.
Page 36 - I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: "As ye deal with My contemners so with you My grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel! Since God is marching on.
Page 36 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 30 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 36 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 33 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 30 - It is indeed in conformity with the ordinance of the Creator. It is not for us to inquire into the wisdom of His ordinances, or to question them. For His own purposes He has made one race to differ from another, as He has made "one star to differ from another star in glory.