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... justice , which is the affirmation of a person in the recognition and institution of these relations between the moral whole and the moral parts of the whole . Its law is regulative of the moral whole , and of the parts , in these ...
... justice , which is the affirmation of a person in the recognition and institution of these relations between the moral whole and the moral parts of the whole . Its law is regulative of the moral whole , and of the parts , in these ...
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... justice and of rights . It is a constructive power in history . It is not a local and temporary expedient , and its elements are not those which the scientific culture of another and a later age may set aside . It is not a fetter and a ...
... justice and of rights . It is a constructive power in history . It is not a local and temporary expedient , and its elements are not those which the scientific culture of another and a later age may set aside . It is not a fetter and a ...
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... justice , and its uni- versal aim , is lost sight of when it is apprehended as existent only for the individual , and to subserve his private end . It has , indeed , for the individual , no such egoistic place . This , also ...
... justice , and its uni- versal aim , is lost sight of when it is apprehended as existent only for the individual , and to subserve his private end . It has , indeed , for the individual , no such egoistic place . This , also ...
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... justice no solemnity . It cannot call forth that devotion from its sons , whose measure is the pledge of life and fortune , and their sacrifice would be the subversion of the end ascribed to it . It has no place for the courage of the ...
... justice no solemnity . It cannot call forth that devotion from its sons , whose measure is the pledge of life and fortune , and their sacrifice would be the subversion of the end ascribed to it . It has no place for the courage of the ...
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... justice is unrecognized , and the pro- cedure of justice is leveled beneath its iron tread , and in a condition in which no asylum is sacred from its invasion , the place of equity is usurped by its authority . It is so immediate a ...
... justice is unrecognized , and the pro- cedure of justice is leveled beneath its iron tread , and in a condition in which no asylum is sacred from its invasion , the place of equity is usurped by its authority . It is so immediate a ...
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Page 1 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none ; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil ; No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too, — but innocent and pure ; No sovereignty, — Seb.
Page 396 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 408 - Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not : thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
Page 151 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
Page 384 - I firmly believe this ; and I also believe, that, without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel...
Page 365 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 392 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?
Page 206 - By the constitution of the United States the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Page 417 - That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 126 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just and honest.