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... society , politics and men , which Lawrence told with youth- ful enthusiasm , to amuse and instruct George , were of immense importance to him . The educated thought , language and man- ners of Lawrence had their influence . Lawrence ...
... society , politics and men , which Lawrence told with youth- ful enthusiasm , to amuse and instruct George , were of immense importance to him . The educated thought , language and man- ners of Lawrence had their influence . Lawrence ...
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... society at home on account of social disappointment , he came to Virginia and established his brother on his estate . Their elegant English home , near Mount Vernon , now became the frequent resort of George Washington . His frankness ...
... society at home on account of social disappointment , he came to Virginia and established his brother on his estate . Their elegant English home , near Mount Vernon , now became the frequent resort of George Washington . His frankness ...
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... society into the wilds of the forest . 1 HIS HEART SORROW . We have not been accustomed to think of George Washing- ton as a lovesick swain , or ever having had those sorrowful experiences of the heart which unrequited love produces and ...
... society into the wilds of the forest . 1 HIS HEART SORROW . We have not been accustomed to think of George Washing- ton as a lovesick swain , or ever having had those sorrowful experiences of the heart which unrequited love produces and ...
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... society . He was self - directing and self - educating , and so methodical that he set down in his journal his plans for self- improvement . His bashfulness , doubtless , made him feel that he must have rules of conduct , and enforce ...
... society . He was self - directing and self - educating , and so methodical that he set down in his journal his plans for self- improvement . His bashfulness , doubtless , made him feel that he must have rules of conduct , and enforce ...
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... society , had been the wife of an honorable gentleman who had left her rich , and the mother of two children , twice as rich as she . There is every reason for supposing that the dinner and the occasion were full of interest for them ...
... society , had been the wife of an honorable gentleman who had left her rich , and the mother of two children , twice as rich as she . There is every reason for supposing that the dinner and the occasion were full of interest for them ...
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Page 391 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push...
Page 501 - Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Page 32 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
Page 489 - States; to borrow money on the credit of the United States; to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states and with the Indian tribes; to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page 29 - WHEN IN THE COURSE of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Page 396 - I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me — and I think He has — I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know I am right because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God.
Page 487 - SEC. 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 495 - ... states concerned, as well as of the congress. The congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SEC. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government ; and shall protect each...
Page 76 - I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power, which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the State governments extends over the several States.
Page 391 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.