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... human action , if not the highest attainable or practicable under existing con- ditions . Is it not indeed a problem of civilization , of practical Chris- tianity , to show clearly to the world that enlightened Egoism and Altruism , so ...
... human action , if not the highest attainable or practicable under existing con- ditions . Is it not indeed a problem of civilization , of practical Chris- tianity , to show clearly to the world that enlightened Egoism and Altruism , so ...
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... human progress , whether materially in the construction of bridges and railways and opening up the highways of ... humanity , helpless , hopeless , miserable , " smitten of God and afflicted , " was equally near and sacred to his heart ...
... human progress , whether materially in the construction of bridges and railways and opening up the highways of ... humanity , helpless , hopeless , miserable , " smitten of God and afflicted , " was equally near and sacred to his heart ...
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... human interests and sympathies , of criminal practice attracted him mightily and enlisted his highest fac- ulties . He was a most potent advocate , and his sway over the minds of a jury was imperious ; his services were therefore in ...
... human interests and sympathies , of criminal practice attracted him mightily and enlisted his highest fac- ulties . He was a most potent advocate , and his sway over the minds of a jury was imperious ; his services were therefore in ...
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... human " sympathy " with friends and relatives , were subjected at the hands of an alien invading soldiery , often passed the bounds both of description and of endurance , and it will appear that if the loyalty of the Northern ...
... human " sympathy " with friends and relatives , were subjected at the hands of an alien invading soldiery , often passed the bounds both of description and of endurance , and it will appear that if the loyalty of the Northern ...
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... Human freedom first and Union after- wards , " and the extreme South answered , " State sovereignty first and Union afterwards , " the voice of Rollins was , " Union first and all other things afterwards . " He would save the Union with ...
... Human freedom first and Union after- wards , " and the extreme South answered , " State sovereignty first and Union afterwards , " the voice of Rollins was , " Union first and all other things afterwards . " He would save the Union with ...
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Page 209 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 127 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations — northern and southern — Atlantic and western ; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Page 143 - It follows from these views that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union,— that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void...
Page 141 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution. and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired:...
Page 214 - Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success: that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 199 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Page 142 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the public speeches of him who now addresses you.
Page 196 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 143 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the states, and especially the right of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 190 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.