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... hand . These are followed by a group of selections discussing in a general way the aims and tendencies of American democracy . The next two groups present the closely related topics of the citizen's part in government and the especial ...
... hand . These are followed by a group of selections discussing in a general way the aims and tendencies of American democracy . The next two groups present the closely related topics of the citizen's part in government and the especial ...
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... hand , the criticism most often assumes the similarity of men , and finds the amuse- ment in larger features of identity and contrast of situations . Thus , the humor of the Mississippi Valley , especially that of the frontiersman , has ...
... hand , the criticism most often assumes the similarity of men , and finds the amuse- ment in larger features of identity and contrast of situations . Thus , the humor of the Mississippi Valley , especially that of the frontiersman , has ...
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... not the idle contemplation of wealth safely stored away . He girds himself for battle and fights for his own hand ; he is the son and the grandson of the stalwart adven- B turers who came from the Old World to face the AMERICAN TRAITS 17.
... not the idle contemplation of wealth safely stored away . He girds himself for battle and fights for his own hand ; he is the son and the grandson of the stalwart adven- B turers who came from the Old World to face the AMERICAN TRAITS 17.
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... hand of any individual owner . They are adorned with monuments recording the brave deeds of the men who fought there ... hands ; and its broad acres , enriched by the bones of thousands , are tilled every year by the industrious Belgian ...
... hand of any individual owner . They are adorned with monuments recording the brave deeds of the men who fought there ... hands ; and its broad acres , enriched by the bones of thousands , are tilled every year by the industrious Belgian ...
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... hands . " Even if we Americans can clear ourselves of being " bad and dissolute , " we have much to do before we may claim to be " just and virtuous , " Justice and virtue are not to be had for the asking ; they are the rewards of a ...
... hands . " Even if we Americans can clear ourselves of being " bad and dissolute , " we have much to do before we may claim to be " just and virtuous , " Justice and virtue are not to be had for the asking ; they are the rewards of a ...
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Page 114 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 350 - Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; And the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Page 142 - With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States...
Page 214 - Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. 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 ; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often,...
Page 127 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Page 112 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country, for the many honors it has conferred upon me...
Page 137 - At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.
Page 124 - In relation to the still subsisting War in Europe, my Proclamation of the 22d of April 1793 is the index to my plan. — Sanctioned by your approving voice and by that of Your Representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me : — uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination with the...
Page 140 - The new policy has swept every restriction aside. Vessels of every kind, whatever their flag, their character, their cargo, their destination, their errand, have been ruthlessly sent to the bottom without warning and without thought of help or mercy for those on board, the vessels of friendly neutrals, along with those of belligerents. Even hospital ships and ships carrying relief to the sorely bereaved and stricken people of Belgium...
Page 72 - I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.