The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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Page 25
... efforts unavailing to establish credit , or to procure aid abroad . The Declaration of Independence changed all this . It offered to the people indemnity against the punishment threatened by the crown , while it guarantied to them for ...
... efforts unavailing to establish credit , or to procure aid abroad . The Declaration of Independence changed all this . It offered to the people indemnity against the punishment threatened by the crown , while it guarantied to them for ...
Page 27
... efforts for the emancipation of mankind , from the genius of Voltaire , blazing its last and most brilliant fires in the philosophic shades of Ferney . Paris hailed the great event with an enthusiasm that penetrated and swayed even the ...
... efforts for the emancipation of mankind , from the genius of Voltaire , blazing its last and most brilliant fires in the philosophic shades of Ferney . Paris hailed the great event with an enthusiasm that penetrated and swayed even the ...
Page 87
... effort of magnanimity , one sacrifice of prejudice and passion , to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have heretofore followed the standards of political party . It is that of discarding every remnant of rancor ...
... effort of magnanimity , one sacrifice of prejudice and passion , to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have heretofore followed the standards of political party . It is that of discarding every remnant of rancor ...
Page 88
... efforts of the age to cultivate the spirit of peace , and looked forward with benevolent hope to the ultimate institu- tion of a general congress of nations for the adjustment of their controversies . But he was no visionary , and no 88 ...
... efforts of the age to cultivate the spirit of peace , and looked forward with benevolent hope to the ultimate institu- tion of a general congress of nations for the adjustment of their controversies . But he was no visionary , and no 88 ...
Page 93
... efforts with success , to such a policy of internal im- provement as would increase the facilities of communication and intercourse between the states , and bring into being that great internal trade which must ever constitute the ...
... efforts with success , to such a policy of internal im- provement as would increase the facilities of communication and intercourse between the states , and bring into being that great internal trade which must ever constitute the ...
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