American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent AmericansDesilver, Thomas & Company, 1836 - 531 стор. |
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... language , or the same elaborateness of thought , which in older countries is the result of heredi- tary wealth and more scholastic education , they will discover at least a vigorous and masculine diction , patriotic sentiments , and ...
... language , or the same elaborateness of thought , which in older countries is the result of heredi- tary wealth and more scholastic education , they will discover at least a vigorous and masculine diction , patriotic sentiments , and ...
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... language in which they were clothed is irretrievably lost , may be sought successfully in the following pages . There are names upon them that have never yet disgraced their revolutionary pred- ecessors . PHILADELPHIA , 1836 . CONTENTS ...
... language in which they were clothed is irretrievably lost , may be sought successfully in the following pages . There are names upon them that have never yet disgraced their revolutionary pred- ecessors . PHILADELPHIA , 1836 . CONTENTS ...
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... language it assumes is clear , express , and unequivocal ; but when this constitution speaks of privileges , there is an ambiguity , sir , a fatal ambiguity - an ambiguity which is very astonishing . In the clause under consideration ...
... language it assumes is clear , express , and unequivocal ; but when this constitution speaks of privileges , there is an ambiguity , sir , a fatal ambiguity - an ambiguity which is very astonishing . In the clause under consideration ...
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... language of democracy - that a majority of the community have a right to alter their government when found to be oppressive ; but how different is the genius of your new consti- tution from this ! How different from the sentiments of ...
... language of democracy - that a majority of the community have a right to alter their government when found to be oppressive ; but how different is the genius of your new consti- tution from this ! How different from the sentiments of ...
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... language of America was different liberty , sir , was then the primary object . We are de- scended from a people whose government was founded on liberty : our glorious forefathers , of Great Britain , made liberty the founda- tion of ...
... language of America was different liberty , sir , was then the primary object . We are de- scended from a people whose government was founded on liberty : our glorious forefathers , of Great Britain , made liberty the founda- tion of ...
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Сторінка 15 - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Сторінка 196 - By the twenty-filth section of the judiciary act of seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it is provided, "that a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Сторінка 14 - We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne.
Сторінка 484 - True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it; but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way ; but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, .and in the occasion.
Сторінка 21 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Сторінка 111 - Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Сторінка 51 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Сторінка 484 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Сторінка 297 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.
Сторінка 26 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.