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... reason correctly and think deeply , so to control the mind as to enable one to concentrate all one's energies upon the subject under consideration ; and while such a systematic training enables its possessor to acquire knowledge more ...
... reason correctly and think deeply , so to control the mind as to enable one to concentrate all one's energies upon the subject under consideration ; and while such a systematic training enables its possessor to acquire knowledge more ...
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... reason of this there has been a vast in- crease in the business of the criminal courts , and the great development of higher ideals , which an enlightened public opinion demands shall control the methods of conducting commerce and ...
... reason of this there has been a vast in- crease in the business of the criminal courts , and the great development of higher ideals , which an enlightened public opinion demands shall control the methods of conducting commerce and ...
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... reason for that belief that " he practiced law without a library , " etc.1 It is true that he owned few law books , but he had access to the library of the Supreme Court of Illinois at Springfield , and whenever he had any matter in ...
... reason for that belief that " he practiced law without a library , " etc.1 It is true that he owned few law books , but he had access to the library of the Supreme Court of Illinois at Springfield , and whenever he had any matter in ...
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... reasons for the rule for which he contended , as well as for its application to the case before the court . His strong common sense and clear understanding of the principles of the common law enabled him to see clearly what the law ...
... reasons for the rule for which he contended , as well as for its application to the case before the court . His strong common sense and clear understanding of the principles of the common law enabled him to see clearly what the law ...
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... reasons the war between the respective interests was relentless , and it is safe to say that those in control of both sides of the con- troversy employed the best legal talent obtainable ; so that the case , which was familiarly known ...
... reasons the war between the respective interests was relentless , and it is safe to say that those in control of both sides of the con- troversy employed the best legal talent obtainable ; so that the case , which was familiarly known ...
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Page 201 - Solon who had said that you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Page 199 - Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly to anarchy or to despotism.
Page 185 - Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years.
Page 127 - And I do further proclaim, declare, and make known that any provision which may be adopted by such State government in relation to the freed people of such State which shall recognize and declare their permanent freedom, provide for their education, and which may yet be consistent as a temporary arrangement with their present condition as a laboring, landless, and homeless class, will not be objected to by the National Executive.
Page 192 - I just take up my pen to say that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced, consumptive man, with a voice like Logan's, has just concluded the very best speech of an hour's length I ever heard. My old, withered, dry eyes are full of tears yet.
Page 105 - American pledge his life, his property and his sacred honor — let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty.
Page 200 - Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the •world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Page 117 - I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and the black races. There is a physical difference between the two which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality...
Page 161 - The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both congresses and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Page 129 - States after the rebellion shall have been suppressed, the executive deems it proper to say it will be his purpose then, as ever, to be guided by the Constitution and the laws ; and that he probably will have no different understanding of the powers and duties of the Federal Government relatively to the rights of the States and the people, under the Constitution, than that expressed in the inaugural address.