The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... Nature and Laws would be in an ill case , if Slavery should find what to say for itself , and Liberty be mute ; and if tyrants should find men to plead for them , and they that can waste and vanquish tyrants , should not be able to find ...
... Nature and Laws would be in an ill case , if Slavery should find what to say for itself , and Liberty be mute ; and if tyrants should find men to plead for them , and they that can waste and vanquish tyrants , should not be able to find ...
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... all precious Interests , DEDICATE it , I enjoin upon you , as our fore- fathers dedicated all the Institutions which they established , to the cause of HUMAN NATURE . ” BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR ог WILLIAM H. SEWARD . 4 " All.
... all precious Interests , DEDICATE it , I enjoin upon you , as our fore- fathers dedicated all the Institutions which they established , to the cause of HUMAN NATURE . ” BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR ог WILLIAM H. SEWARD . 4 " All.
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... nature ; and that no reconciliation could be effectual until the latter should abandon its pretensions to new territories and new conquests . The soundness of Mr. Seward's opinions have been confirmed by subsequent events . The exciting ...
... nature ; and that no reconciliation could be effectual until the latter should abandon its pretensions to new territories and new conquests . The soundness of Mr. Seward's opinions have been confirmed by subsequent events . The exciting ...
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... Nature as - especially committed to the care of the people of the United States . " To disseminate knowledge and to increase virtue , " he maintains , " is to establish the principles on which the recovery and preservation of the ...
... Nature as - especially committed to the care of the people of the United States . " To disseminate knowledge and to increase virtue , " he maintains , " is to establish the principles on which the recovery and preservation of the ...
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... nature and provisions of the treaty . On the 24th of January , 1856 , the president brought the affairs of Kansas before congress in a special message which gave rise to a protracted discussion in both houses . In the senate the subject ...
... nature and provisions of the treaty . On the 24th of January , 1856 , the president brought the affairs of Kansas before congress in a special message which gave rise to a protracted discussion in both houses . In the senate the subject ...
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