Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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... Europe , they naturally found little . reason to relinquish this love of freedom . In the leisure hours of the long winters many read the writ- ings of Locke , Rousseau , and other authors who have set forth the ideals of democracy ...
... Europe , they naturally found little . reason to relinquish this love of freedom . In the leisure hours of the long winters many read the writ- ings of Locke , Rousseau , and other authors who have set forth the ideals of democracy ...
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... Europe and America . Inasmuch as a consider- able portion of the annual budget was used to sup- port troops to overawe the Indians and maintain the conquest of Canada it was thought reasonable by Grenville , the chancellor of the ...
... Europe and America . Inasmuch as a consider- able portion of the annual budget was used to sup- port troops to overawe the Indians and maintain the conquest of Canada it was thought reasonable by Grenville , the chancellor of the ...
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... Europe and America , the ambitious and faithless French , whom we now fear and flatter . And even now at a moment when you are planning their destruction , when you are brand- ing them with the odious appellation of rebels , what WAR ...
... Europe and America , the ambitious and faithless French , whom we now fear and flatter . And even now at a moment when you are planning their destruction , when you are brand- ing them with the odious appellation of rebels , what WAR ...
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... European blood and color , besides at least 500,000 others who form no inconsiderable part of the strength and opulence of the whole . This , Sir , is , I believe , about the true number . There is no occasion to exaggerate where plain ...
... European blood and color , besides at least 500,000 others who form no inconsiderable part of the strength and opulence of the whole . This , Sir , is , I believe , about the true number . There is no occasion to exaggerate where plain ...
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... Europe has a set of primary interests , which to us have none , or a very remote relation . Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies , the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns . Hence , therefore , it must ...
... Europe has a set of primary interests , which to us have none , or a very remote relation . Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies , the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns . Hence , therefore , it must ...
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