ORATIONS FROM HOMER TO WILLIAM McKINLEY1902 |
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Page 3072
... character from the infamy to which both would be exposed , if no inquiry was made into the causes of such calamities , and no punishment was inflicted on the authors of them . Policy , as well as justice , called upon them to vindicate ...
... character from the infamy to which both would be exposed , if no inquiry was made into the causes of such calamities , and no punishment was inflicted on the authors of them . Policy , as well as justice , called upon them to vindicate ...
Page 3078
... character in India , and of the oppression of its devoted inhabitants ; and he was the only victim that could atone for the calamities he had occasioned . But while he pointed out the prisoner at the bar as a proper object of punishment ...
... character in India , and of the oppression of its devoted inhabitants ; and he was the only victim that could atone for the calamities he had occasioned . But while he pointed out the prisoner at the bar as a proper object of punishment ...
Page 3088
... character should have influenced his conduct , even in his most domestic retirements - that he , who , if consulting the dignity of British justice , should have remained as sta- tionary as his court in Calcutta - that such a man should ...
... character should have influenced his conduct , even in his most domestic retirements - that he , who , if consulting the dignity of British justice , should have remained as sta- tionary as his court in Calcutta - that such a man should ...
Page 3112
But it was still to be remembered that there were other characters besides a Cæsar and a Cromwell ; who , acting on determinations inimical to virtue , and hostile to the laws of society , had proceeded , if not with prudence , yet 3 ...
But it was still to be remembered that there were other characters besides a Cæsar and a Cromwell ; who , acting on determinations inimical to virtue , and hostile to the laws of society , had proceeded , if not with prudence , yet 3 ...
Page 3112
... characters , which left the vice that dared to follow either in a state of despondent vassalage , or involved it in destruction . Such was the present instance of failure ; and such it was always to be trusted would be that of every ...
... characters , which left the vice that dared to follow either in a state of despondent vassalage , or involved it in destruction . Such was the present instance of failure ; and such it was always to be trusted would be that of every ...
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