 | 1917 - 510 стор.
...judicious mixture of definiteness in principle, with elasticity in details. The American Constitution is 'no exception to the rule that everything which...enduring it is likely to prove. There is little in the Constitution that is absolutely new." With few exceptions for a hundred and twenty-eight years,... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1888 - 786 стор.
...length condescended to speak the language of philosophy." — Elliot's DeMes, ii. 55. Constitution is no exception to the rule that everything which...every institution has grown, so much the more enduring is it likely to prove. There is little in that Constitution that is absolutely new. There is much that... | |
 | District of Columbia. Board of Trustees of Public Schools - 1888 - 940 стор.
...the British Empire.—Brooks Adams, in Atlantic Mo-ntlity, November, 1884. The Americau Constitution is no exception to the rule that everything which...the obedience and respect of men must have its roots in the past, and the more slowly every institution has grown, so much the more enduring is it likely... | |
 | 1928 - 1048 стор.
...experience of the ages is likely to be enduring. In the words of Viscount Bryce, "The American Constitution is no exception to the rule that everything which...every institution has grown, so much the more enduring is it likely to prove." "The principle of civil liberty, which is the important element in our system... | |
 | Church congress - 1891 - 438 стор.
...committed to her care ? Churchmen in Wales recognize the greatness of their heritage. We have been told that " everything which has power to win the obedience and respect of men must have its roots in the past." The mother church of this diocese, not the oldest of the four Welsh sees, has known,... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1892 - 566 стор.
...all successful constitutional government was in it carefully regarded, — the fundamental principle that " everything which has power to win the obedience...so much the more enduring it is likely to prove." 1 The system under which the town business had for fifteen years been successfully handled -,- that... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1892 - 560 стор.
...all successful constitutional government was in it carefully regarded, — the fundamental principle that "everything which has power to win the obedience...roots deep in the past, and that the more slowly every THE QUINCY CHARTER. 1001 institution has grown, so much the more enduring it is likely to prove." 1... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1892 - 630 стор.
...of men must have its roots deep in the past, and that the more slowly every THE QUINCY CHARTER. 1001 institution has grown, so much the more enduring it is likely to prove." L The system under which the town business had for fifteen years been successfully handled — that... | |
 | Brooklyn Ethical Association - 1893 - 446 стор.
...Bryce takes a deeper view than the English Prime Minister. " The American Constitution," he says, " is no exception to the rule that everything which...every institution has grown, so much the more enduring is it likely to prove. There is • Campbell's Puritan, vol. 1, p. 47. little in this Constitution... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1893 - 776 стор.
...an instrument of government. The American Constitution is no exception to the rule that f verything which has power to win the obedience and respect of...every institution has grown, so much the more enduring is it likely to prove. There is little in this Constitution that is absolutely new. There is much that... | |
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The American Constitution is no exception to the rule that everything which has power to win the obedience and respect of men must have its roots deep in the past, and that the more slowly every institution has grown, so much the more enduring is it likely... 
