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... institutions " is selected . In the great journal of things happening under the sun , we , the American people , find our account running under date of the nineteenth century of the Christian era . We find ourselves in the peaceful ...
... institutions " is selected . In the great journal of things happening under the sun , we , the American people , find our account running under date of the nineteenth century of the Christian era . We find ourselves in the peaceful ...
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... institutions ? " I an- swer , " It has much to do with it . " Its direct consequences are , comparatively speaking , but a small evil , and much of its danger consists in the proneness of our minds to regard its direct as its only ...
... institutions ? " I an- swer , " It has much to do with it . " Its direct consequences are , comparatively speaking , but a small evil , and much of its danger consists in the proneness of our minds to regard its direct as its only ...
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... institutions ? Have we not preserved them for more than fifty years ? And why may we not for fifty times as long ? " We hope there is no sufficient reason . We hope all danger may be overcome ; but to conclude that no danger may ever ...
... institutions ? Have we not preserved them for more than fifty years ? And why may we not for fifty times as long ? " We hope there is no sufficient reason . We hope all danger may be overcome ; but to conclude that no danger may ever ...
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... institutions thus far . I mean the powerful influence which the interesting scenes of the Revolution had upon the pas- sions of the people as distinguished from their judgment . By this influence , the jealousy , envy , and avarice ...
... institutions thus far . I mean the powerful influence which the interesting scenes of the Revolution had upon the pas- sions of the people as distinguished from their judgment . By this influence , the jealousy , envy , and avarice ...
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... rest , as the rock of its basis ; and as truly as has been said of the only greater institution , " the gates of hell shall not prevail against it . " [ Protest in Illinois legislature , 3 March 1837. Lincoln's 17 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... rest , as the rock of its basis ; and as truly as has been said of the only greater institution , " the gates of hell shall not prevail against it . " [ Protest in Illinois legislature , 3 March 1837. Lincoln's 17 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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