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... political 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 ...
... political 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 ...
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... political edifice of liberty and equal rights ; ' t is ours only to transmit these the former unprofaned by the foot of an invader , the latter undecayed by the lapse of time and untorn by usurpation- to the latest generation that fate ...
... political edifice of liberty and equal rights ; ' t is ours only to transmit these the former unprofaned by the foot of an invader , the latter undecayed by the lapse of time and untorn by usurpation- to the latest generation that fate ...
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... political 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 ...
... political 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 ...
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... political religion of the nation ; and let the old and the young , the rich and the poor , the grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and colors and condi- tions , sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars . While ever a state of ...
... political religion of the nation ; and let the old and the young , the rich and the poor , the grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and colors and condi- tions , sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars . While ever a state of ...
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... political 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 ...
... political 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 ...
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