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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... secure a greater degree of re- ligious and political liberty . In the New World , sepa- rated by three thousand miles from the autocratic governments of Europe , they naturally found little . reason to relinquish this love of freedom ...
... secure a greater degree of re- ligious and political liberty . In the New World , sepa- rated by three thousand miles from the autocratic governments of Europe , they naturally found little . reason to relinquish this love of freedom ...
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... secure in his petty tyranny , and spread terror and desolation around him , until the trump of the archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul . In the third place , a person with this writ , in the day- time may enter all ...
... secure in his petty tyranny , and spread terror and desolation around him , until the trump of the archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul . In the third place , a person with this writ , in the day- time may enter all ...
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... secure for Americans the rights to which as English subjects they were entitled , it recorded in imperishable form the prin- ciples of a just and generous policy that must here- after form a part of all humane and enlightened government ...
... secure for Americans the rights to which as English subjects they were entitled , it recorded in imperishable form the prin- ciples of a just and generous policy that must here- after form a part of all humane and enlightened government ...
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... secure when held in trust for them by us , as their guardians during a perpetual minority , than with any part of it in their own hands . The question is , not whether their spirit deserves praise or blame , but — what , in the name of ...
... secure when held in trust for them by us , as their guardians during a perpetual minority , than with any part of it in their own hands . The question is , not whether their spirit deserves praise or blame , but — what , in the name of ...
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... secure to the colonies a fair and unbiased judica- ture ; for which`purpose , Sir , I propose the following resolu- tion : II . " That , from the time when the General Assembly or General Court of any colony or plantation in North ...
... secure to the colonies a fair and unbiased judica- ture ; for which`purpose , Sir , I propose the following resolu- tion : II . " That , from the time when the General Assembly or General Court of any colony or plantation in North ...
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