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... mind was filled with noble aspirations ; to AMOS R. AVERY , M.D. , whose gentle words , and kind , persistent efforts , in the schoolroom and elsewhere , strongly aided his struggling boyhood ; to Rev. HENRY HALSTEAD , under whose ...
... mind was filled with noble aspirations ; to AMOS R. AVERY , M.D. , whose gentle words , and kind , persistent efforts , in the schoolroom and elsewhere , strongly aided his struggling boyhood ; to Rev. HENRY HALSTEAD , under whose ...
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... mind and heart , into the spirit of the late war , on the freedom side , and waited , with perfect composure and without a doubt , for the final result . When the war closed , he felt , and frequently said , that a new book of America ...
... mind and heart , into the spirit of the late war , on the freedom side , and waited , with perfect composure and without a doubt , for the final result . When the war closed , he felt , and frequently said , that a new book of America ...
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... mind - battles which introduce the War of the Revolution . It will be illustrated by the likeness of Columbus , as the great representative of the spirit of enterprise which manifested itself in discovery and coloni- zation . The Period ...
... mind - battles which introduce the War of the Revolution . It will be illustrated by the likeness of Columbus , as the great representative of the spirit of enterprise which manifested itself in discovery and coloni- zation . The Period ...
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... THE NORTHERN GROUP COMPLETED . Rhode Island New York New Jersey Pennsylvania The Great West Providence and War - discipline 121 124 128 130 138 140 142 147 149 PERIOD II . — INDEPENDENCE . - CHAPTER I. MIND 6 CONTENTS .
... THE NORTHERN GROUP COMPLETED . Rhode Island New York New Jersey Pennsylvania The Great West Providence and War - discipline 121 124 128 130 138 140 142 147 149 PERIOD II . — INDEPENDENCE . - CHAPTER I. MIND 6 CONTENTS .
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... MIND - BATTLES POINT TO A DISINTHRALLED NATIONAL LIFE . The Right of Soil 152 The Rights of Trade 156 The Right of Taxation The Right of Representation and Free Legislation The Right of Free Speech , a Free Ballot , and a Free Press ...
... MIND - BATTLES POINT TO A DISINTHRALLED NATIONAL LIFE . The Right of Soil 152 The Rights of Trade 156 The Right of Taxation The Right of Representation and Free Legislation The Right of Free Speech , a Free Ballot , and a Free Press ...
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Page 589 - Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth. that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 668 - ... commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Page 253 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Page 94 - In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King' James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and country...
Page 663 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said : " The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 322 - Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe; who presides in the councils of nations; and whose Providential aid can supply every human defect...
Page 668 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 16 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 258 - For abolishing the free system of English law in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these colonies: For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our government: For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases...
Page 13 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed : and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.