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... peace with Spain the United States had gained the sovereignty of those Islands , and that the President could not surrender it ; that he had a right to enforce his claim to them to the extent of the extermination of the inhabitants if ...
... peace with Spain the United States had gained the sovereignty of those Islands , and that the President could not surrender it ; that he had a right to enforce his claim to them to the extent of the extermination of the inhabitants if ...
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... peace , humanity , civilization , and Christian- ity among them ; that the war was for their own good , and no matter how much it cost in blood and treasure , it would finally result in peace , prosperity , and happiness . " For a ...
... peace , humanity , civilization , and Christian- ity among them ; that the war was for their own good , and no matter how much it cost in blood and treasure , it would finally result in peace , prosperity , and happiness . " For a ...
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... peace . " I am proud of the heroic deeds of the warriors of my country , but I am still more proud of those greater exhibi- tions of superior mental power which still shine with such lustre in the works of her poets , orators ...
... peace . " I am proud of the heroic deeds of the warriors of my country , but I am still more proud of those greater exhibi- tions of superior mental power which still shine with such lustre in the works of her poets , orators ...
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... peace , good government , education for his people . His policy was one of peace . " This is a very high eulogy , but it is just and true . In the moral grandeur of his character , Alfred never had an equal among the kings of England ...
... peace , good government , education for his people . His policy was one of peace . " This is a very high eulogy , but it is just and true . In the moral grandeur of his character , Alfred never had an equal among the kings of England ...
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... Peace of Wedmore . " ) This settlement with the Danes gave him the opportunity to improve his own people in all the works of peace , and to devote himself to science , learn- ing , and law ; to restore order , educate his countrymen ...
... Peace of Wedmore . " ) This settlement with the Danes gave him the opportunity to improve his own people in all the works of peace , and to devote himself to science , learn- ing , and law ; to restore order , educate his countrymen ...
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Page 7 - I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men, but they did not intend to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all were equal in color, size, intellect, moral developments, or social capacity.
Page 118 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day...
Page 43 - And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Page 7 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 53 - They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society, which should be familiar to all, and revered by all; constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and even though never perfectly attained, constantly approximated, and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its influence, and augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere.
Page 118 - No more shall nation against nation rise, Nor ardent warriors meet, with hateful eyes ; Nor fields with gleaming steel be covered o'er ; The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more; But useless lances into scythes shall bend, And the broad falchion in a ploughshare end.
Page 63 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
Page 171 - Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Page 103 - The nation, prompted by ill will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject...
Page 105 - ... 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.