The Social science review [afterw.] New York social science review. A. Delmar, S. Stern edsAlexander Del Mar 1865 |
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... profit by war , whatever be its effects on other nations ; because the governing classes suppose they are rather benefited than injured by a war , whatever be its effects on the other classes of the community ; because men constantly ...
... profit by war , whatever be its effects on other nations ; because the governing classes suppose they are rather benefited than injured by a war , whatever be its effects on the other classes of the community ; because men constantly ...
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... profit by each increase of governmental power , and by each increase of gov- ernmental expenditures ? and , being a party in interest - in fact , the only party having an interest adverse to that of the com- munity , can it be ...
... profit by each increase of governmental power , and by each increase of gov- ernmental expenditures ? and , being a party in interest - in fact , the only party having an interest adverse to that of the com- munity , can it be ...
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... profit- able sources of revenue , and devising improvements in the modes of its collection . " This , if not owing to the repug- nance we have hinted at , is tantamount to that virtual con- fession of inability to manage his own affairs ...
... profit- able sources of revenue , and devising improvements in the modes of its collection . " This , if not owing to the repug- nance we have hinted at , is tantamount to that virtual con- fession of inability to manage his own affairs ...
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... profits , and , upon this minimum gain , it is difficult to conceive of a tax so small that it will have " but little effect . " While it requires extraordinary means to turn aside a river walled in by granite cliffs , the least ...
... profits , and , upon this minimum gain , it is difficult to conceive of a tax so small that it will have " but little effect . " While it requires extraordinary means to turn aside a river walled in by granite cliffs , the least ...
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... profit- able importations of these manufactures from the Provinces impossible . In other words , around the pack - horse whose burden has been so great that he has been obliged to shake part of it off , and lie down for momentary rest ...
... profit- able importations of these manufactures from the Provinces impossible . In other words , around the pack - horse whose burden has been so great that he has been obliged to shake part of it off , and lie down for momentary rest ...
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Page 286 - ... and that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people upon whom he also obtruded them; thus paying off former crimes committed against the liberties of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the lives of another.
Page 307 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
Page 300 - ... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Page 307 - Executive — can secure its adoption? Will not the good people respond to a united and earnest appeal from us? Can we, can they, by any other means so certainly or so speedily assure these vital objects? We can succeed only by concert. It is not "Can any of us imagine better?
Page 258 - It is derogatory to the dignity of the profession to resort to public advertisements, or private cards, or handbills, inviting the attention of individuals affected with particular diseases...
Page 96 - At twelve o'clock, meridian, of the day following that on which proceedings are required to take place as aforesaid, the members of the two houses shall convene in Joint Assembly, and the Journal of each house shall then be read ; and if the same person shall have received a majority of all the votes in each house, such person shall be declared duly elected Senator...
Page 310 - ... little bothered, perhaps startled, and got up and looked in the glass, but the illusion vanished. On lying down again, I saw it a second time, plainer, if possible, than before; and then I noticed that one of the faces was a little paler, say five shades, than the other. I got up and the thing melted away and I went off, and in the excitement of the hour forgot all about it — nearly, but not quite, for the thing would once in a while come up, and give me a little pang, as though something uncomfortable...
Page 310 - I lay was a bureau with a swinging glass upon it ; and looking in that glass, I saw myself reflected nearly at full length ; but my face, I noticed, had two separate and distinct images, the tip of the nose of one being about three inches from the tip of the other. I was a little bothered, perhaps startled, and got up and looked in the glass, but the illusion vanished. On lying down again, I saw it a second time, plainer, if possible, than before ; and then I noticed that one of the faces was a little...
Page 26 - There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Page 53 - By that law of our nature which makes food necessary to the life of man, the effects of these two unequal powers must be kept equal. This implies a strong and constantly operating check on population from the difficulty of subsistence.