The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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... constitution , is at once adventurous and provident , circumspect and daring ; whom his Creator has made of large discourse , looking before and after . " * The Divinity that presides over states " loves courage , but com- mands counsel ...
... constitution , is at once adventurous and provident , circumspect and daring ; whom his Creator has made of large discourse , looking before and after . " * The Divinity that presides over states " loves courage , but com- mands counsel ...
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... constitution . In these few sentences were condensed the elements of the American constitution . Raised to the dangerous eminence of vice - president of the national assembly , Lafayette , on two successive days , procured the adoption ...
... constitution . In these few sentences were condensed the elements of the American constitution . Raised to the dangerous eminence of vice - president of the national assembly , Lafayette , on two successive days , procured the adoption ...
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... constitution of France having been so amended as to guar- anty the great principles of civil liberty while it should last , La- fayette spent the next two years in re - establishing and maintain- ing order in the newly - established ...
... constitution of France having been so amended as to guar- anty the great principles of civil liberty while it should last , La- fayette spent the next two years in re - establishing and maintain- ing order in the newly - established ...
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... constitution for France , he closed with these frank and manly words : " I have no other than patriotic and personal motives in wishing for you , as the climax of your glory , a perma- nent magistrative post . But it is in harmony with ...
... constitution for France , he closed with these frank and manly words : " I have no other than patriotic and personal motives in wishing for you , as the climax of your glory , a perma- nent magistrative post . But it is in harmony with ...
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... constitutional monarchy , which should be organized in such a way as to prepare for introducing the republic . Accordingly I ... constitution of the United States is the best form of government that has ever been devised by man . ' Louis ...
... constitutional monarchy , which should be organized in such a way as to prepare for introducing the republic . Accordingly I ... constitution of the United States is the best form of government that has ever been devised by man . ' Louis ...
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