The North American Review, Volume 170, Issues 4-6O. Everett, 1900 |
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Page 449
... means by which nations were enabled to establish themselves and to acquire their respective strips of land . Then came immigration , political upheavals , long hereditary hatreds ; but , apart from that , I doubt if , as has sometimes ...
... means by which nations were enabled to establish themselves and to acquire their respective strips of land . Then came immigration , political upheavals , long hereditary hatreds ; but , apart from that , I doubt if , as has sometimes ...
Page 453
... means is employed to bring about an understanding , the more so , since at present , granting that all Europe is in arms , a war would not be confined to two nations , but would entangle all the neighboring countries till , at length ...
... means is employed to bring about an understanding , the more so , since at present , granting that all Europe is in arms , a war would not be confined to two nations , but would entangle all the neighboring countries till , at length ...
Page 457
... means of which we have , as yet , formed no conception . War cannot be a factor in this future state which the struggles of a closing century will link to the century about to dawn . It will be doomed to disappear , for it will be ...
... means of which we have , as yet , formed no conception . War cannot be a factor in this future state which the struggles of a closing century will link to the century about to dawn . It will be doomed to disappear , for it will be ...
Page 464
... means that , in this new possession , we have something like 800,000 people who neither read nor write , and who own no property . These 800,000 are not only illiterate , but they are without any experience in self- government , and ...
... means that , in this new possession , we have something like 800,000 people who neither read nor write , and who own no property . These 800,000 are not only illiterate , but they are without any experience in self- government , and ...
Page 466
... mean a tax rate of four per cent . per annum . That would be a ruinous rate to be imposed upon even the most prosperous State in the Union . It was because of this fact that , when the subject was brought before the Senate Committee on ...
... mean a tax rate of four per cent . per annum . That would be a ruinous rate to be imposed upon even the most prosperous State in the Union . It was because of this fact that , when the subject was brought before the Senate Committee on ...
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Page 469 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
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Page 573 - Church holds to be sacred and canonical not because, having been carefully composed by mere human industry, they were afterwards approved by her authority, nor merely because they contain revelation, with no admixture of error, but because, having been written by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, they have God for their author, and have been delivered as such to the Church herself.
Page 778 - Majesty's pleasure. 75. In all matters (i) arising under any treaty; (ii) affecting consuls or other representatives of other countries; (iii) in which the Commonwealth, or a person suing or being sued on behalf of the Commonwealth, is a party; (iv) between States, or between residents of different States, or between a State and a resident of another State; (v) in which a writ of Mandamus or prohibition or an injunction is sought against an officer of the Commonwealth, the High Court shall have original...
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