The North American Review, Volume 100Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1865 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... duty of those intrusted with the power of the state . The men who are most fully possessed by the spirit of our system , the men who have most confidence in it , are those to whose hands the administration of the general government may ...
... duty of those intrusted with the power of the state . The men who are most fully possessed by the spirit of our system , the men who have most confidence in it , are those to whose hands the administration of the general government may ...
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... duties imposed upon him by his oath of office ? And to this question the answer is to be found in the char- acter of the specific charges brought against his administra- tion . In respect to many of these charges a final judgment has ...
... duties imposed upon him by his oath of office ? And to this question the answer is to be found in the char- acter of the specific charges brought against his administra- tion . In respect to many of these charges a final judgment has ...
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... duty and to policy . Old ideas have been rudely shaken , and have given way to others more conformed to the necessities and changes of the time . A policy fit for 1861 is not the policy for 1864. Principles do not change , but their ...
... duty and to policy . Old ideas have been rudely shaken , and have given way to others more conformed to the necessities and changes of the time . A policy fit for 1861 is not the policy for 1864. Principles do not change , but their ...
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... duty , expect either wholly to please his friends or to win his ene- mies ; he could not force compliance with his views , or insist on the adoption of measures which he might esteem desirable or essential . His character was not fitted ...
... duty , expect either wholly to please his friends or to win his ene- mies ; he could not force compliance with his views , or insist on the adoption of measures which he might esteem desirable or essential . His character was not fitted ...
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... duty of preserv- ing , by every indispensable means , that government , that nation , of which that Constitution was the organic law . Was it possible to lose the nation , and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law , life and ...
... duty of preserv- ing , by every indispensable means , that government , that nation , of which that Constitution was the organic law . Was it possible to lose the nation , and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law , life and ...
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Page 1 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 250 - The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure.