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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... sentiments , in private life , make the good citizen ; in public life , the patriot and the hero . I do not say that when brought to the test I shall be in- vincible . I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial ; but if I ...
... sentiments , in private life , make the good citizen ; in public life , the patriot and the hero . I do not say that when brought to the test I shall be in- vincible . I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial ; but if I ...
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... sentiments . Whether this be owing to an obstinate perseverance in error , or to a religious adherence to what appears to me truth and reason , it is in your equity to judge . 4. Sir , Parliament , having an enlarged view of objects ...
... sentiments . Whether this be owing to an obstinate perseverance in error , or to a religious adherence to what appears to me truth and reason , it is in your equity to judge . 4. Sir , Parliament , having an enlarged view of objects ...
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... sentiments in other particulars I have great respect , seem to be so greatly captivated . But there is still behind a third consideration concerning this object , which serves to determine my opinion on the sort of policy which ought to ...
... sentiments in other particulars I have great respect , seem to be so greatly captivated . But there is still behind a third consideration concerning this object , which serves to determine my opinion on the sort of policy which ought to ...
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... sentiments , and with a strong aversion from whatever tends to deprive them of their chief importance . 41. If anything were wanting to this necessary operation of the form of government , religion would have given it a com- plete ...
... sentiments , and with a strong aversion from whatever tends to deprive them of their chief importance . 41. If anything were wanting to this necessary operation of the form of government , religion would have given it a com- plete ...
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... sentiment , which has at least as much pride as virtue in it ; but I can not alter the nature of man . The fact is so ; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly and with a higher and more stubborn spirit attached ...
... sentiment , which has at least as much pride as virtue in it ; but I can not alter the nature of man . The fact is so ; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly and with a higher and more stubborn spirit attached ...
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