Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History: From 458 A.D. to 1902, Volume 5Harper & Bros., 1901 - United States |
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... death , July 21 , 1899. He was a man of rare per- sonal attractions ; an orator of excep- tional brilliancy . His generosity was un- bounded . Among his lectures , which had gained him wide popularity , the most char- acteristic were ...
... death , July 21 , 1899. He was a man of rare per- sonal attractions ; an orator of excep- tional brilliancy . His generosity was un- bounded . Among his lectures , which had gained him wide popularity , the most char- acteristic were ...
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... death , Paine left England . He had sown with brave hand the seeds of thought , and he knew that he had lighted a fire that noth- ing could extinguish until England should be free . 66 Paine clearly saw that men could not be really 45 ...
... death , Paine left England . He had sown with brave hand the seeds of thought , and he knew that he had lighted a fire that noth- ing could extinguish until England should be free . 66 Paine clearly saw that men could not be really 45 ...
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... death . " So popular was Paine in France that he was elected by three constituencies to the national convention . He chose to represent Calais . From the moment he entered French territory he was received with almost royal honors . He ...
... death . " So popular was Paine in France that he was elected by three constituencies to the national convention . He chose to represent Calais . From the moment he entered French territory he was received with almost royal honors . He ...
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... death . Paine was a century in advance of his time . If he were living now his sym- pathy would be with Savage , Chadwick , Professor Briggs and the “ advanced theo- logians . " He , too , would talk about the He thought it his duty to ...
... death . Paine was a century in advance of his time . If he were living now his sym- pathy would be with Savage , Chadwick , Professor Briggs and the “ advanced theo- logians . " He , too , would talk about the He thought it his duty to ...
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... death , the tragedy was about over and the curtain was falling . Paine remained in Paris until the " reign of terror " was ended and that of the Corsican tyrant had com- menced . Paine came back to America hoping to spend the remainder ...
... death , the tragedy was about over and the curtain was falling . Paine remained in Paris until the " reign of terror " was ended and that of the Corsican tyrant had com- menced . Paine came back to America hoping to spend the remainder ...
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Page 453 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 134 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 135 - These principles form the bright constellation, which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment ; they should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of error or...
Page 428 - All the vital rights of minorities and of individuals are so plainly assured to them by affirmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions, in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration.
Page 135 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided : absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Page 427 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts ; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 279 - Labor, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relation to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity.
Page 133 - And let us reflect that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
Page 134 - Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
Page 427 - The course here indicated will be followed unless current events and experience shall show a modification or change to be proper...