The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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Page 102
... human rights that was not an abstraction . It was observed by one of the founders of the com- monwealth of England , that the promulgation of those rights had always been in terms not concrete , but abstract . " * experience is the same ...
... human rights that was not an abstraction . It was observed by one of the founders of the com- monwealth of England , that the promulgation of those rights had always been in terms not concrete , but abstract . " * experience is the same ...
Page 249
... human freedom , a certain amount of human intelligence , a cer- tain extent of human control over the physical obstacles to such a reunion , were necessary . All the conditions have happened and concurred . Liberty has developed under ...
... human freedom , a certain amount of human intelligence , a cer- tain extent of human control over the physical obstacles to such a reunion , were necessary . All the conditions have happened and concurred . Liberty has developed under ...
Page 386
... human hands , nor by human words , nor by human votes ; but it went down only under a providential visi- tation , that , if it had happened on the field of Monterey or at Buena Vista , would have either forever lost , or long postponed ...
... human hands , nor by human words , nor by human votes ; but it went down only under a providential visi- tation , that , if it had happened on the field of Monterey or at Buena Vista , would have either forever lost , or long postponed ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF NEW YORK | 1 |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
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