The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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Page 16
... reason to which it pre- sumptuously appealed ; law sustained without force ; and woman restored to her just influence without the licentious aid of chiv- alry . Our subject demands , not an exposition of our complex system of government ...
... reason to which it pre- sumptuously appealed ; law sustained without force ; and woman restored to her just influence without the licentious aid of chiv- alry . Our subject demands , not an exposition of our complex system of government ...
Page 41
... reasons I resigned . Louis Philippe afterward said that he made no engagement with me preparatory to his ascent to the throne . As soon as I learned this in an authentic way , I sent a message to him that I should not any longer visit ...
... reasons I resigned . Louis Philippe afterward said that he made no engagement with me preparatory to his ascent to the throne . As soon as I learned this in an authentic way , I sent a message to him that I should not any longer visit ...
Page 60
... Reason , argument , and conviction , would not be enough . The British government must be made to fear and tremble . But how should opinion be made so potential ? It must begin with Ireland , a country divided by faction and sunk in ...
... Reason , argument , and conviction , would not be enough . The British government must be made to fear and tremble . But how should opinion be made so potential ? It must begin with Ireland , a country divided by faction and sunk in ...
Page 72
... reason of the long delay which intervenes before they can be written ? The heroic man conceives great enterprises and labors to complete them . " Success he hopes , and fate he can not fear . " It is God that sets the limits to human ...
... reason of the long delay which intervenes before they can be written ? The heroic man conceives great enterprises and labors to complete them . " Success he hopes , and fate he can not fear . " It is God that sets the limits to human ...
Page 84
... reason than because greater contumelies had been endured at the hands of France . Thus , a domestic feud , based on the very question of the war itself , enervated the national strength , and encouraged the mighty adversary . The ...
... reason than because greater contumelies had been endured at the hands of France . Thus , a domestic feud , based on the very question of the war itself , enervated the national strength , and encouraged the mighty adversary . The ...
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