The Political Thought of American Statesmen: Selected Writings and SpeechesMorton J. Frisch, Richard G. Stevens |
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Page 167
... never thought of ; their own father never thought of ; they never thought of themselves , a year ago . How fortunate for them , they did not sooner become sensible of their great misery ! Oh , how dif- ficult it is to treat with respect ...
... never thought of ; their own father never thought of ; they never thought of themselves , a year ago . How fortunate for them , they did not sooner become sensible of their great misery ! Oh , how dif- ficult it is to treat with respect ...
Page 174
... never go - is the fact that by that very law , Missouri came in as a slave state , north of the line . If that law contained any prospective principle , the whole law must be looked to in order to ascertain what the principle was . And ...
... never go - is the fact that by that very law , Missouri came in as a slave state , north of the line . If that law contained any prospective principle , the whole law must be looked to in order to ascertain what the principle was . And ...
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... Never before was consistent lead- ership so necessary ; never before was it necessary to concert measures over so vast areas , to adjust laws to so many interests , to make a compact and intelligible unit out of so many fractions , to ...
... Never before was consistent lead- ership so necessary ; never before was it necessary to concert measures over so vast areas , to adjust laws to so many interests , to make a compact and intelligible unit out of so many fractions , to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Founding | 2 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON 17431826 | 6 |
Copyright | |
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