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... thousands of years of the world's history to establish these rights . There have been many defini- tions of " liberty , " and in fact they are found throughout his- tory . Professor Sumner of Yale , as the result of a lifetime of study ...
... thousands of years of the world's history to establish these rights . There have been many defini- tions of " liberty , " and in fact they are found throughout his- tory . Professor Sumner of Yale , as the result of a lifetime of study ...
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... thousands of positions now requiring capacity , honesty , and force of character are incessantly changing and in a few years will be filled with new men coming up from the ranks . The field is unlimited , the opportunity boundless , and ...
... thousands of positions now requiring capacity , honesty , and force of character are incessantly changing and in a few years will be filled with new men coming up from the ranks . The field is unlimited , the opportunity boundless , and ...
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... thousand emi- grated to New England between 1630 and 1640. Yet in 1670 all New England had but 60,000 people , while Virginia alone had 40,000 . Fiske points out that in 1640 the population of New England was purely and exclusively ...
... thousand emi- grated to New England between 1630 and 1640. Yet in 1670 all New England had but 60,000 people , while Virginia alone had 40,000 . Fiske points out that in 1640 the population of New England was purely and exclusively ...
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... thousand a primitive stock , from which has been derived not less , per- haps , than a fourth part of the present ... thousand two hun- dred persons or four thousand families . Their descendants are now not far from four millions . Each ...
... thousand a primitive stock , from which has been derived not less , per- haps , than a fourth part of the present ... thousand two hun- dred persons or four thousand families . Their descendants are now not far from four millions . Each ...
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... thousands of its Loyalist inhabitants . President Falconer of the Toronto University says : " It has been estimated that in New York State , out of a population of 185,000 quite 90,000 were Loyalist , and that two - thirds of the ...
... thousands of its Loyalist inhabitants . President Falconer of the Toronto University says : " It has been estimated that in New York State , out of a population of 185,000 quite 90,000 were Loyalist , and that two - thirds of the ...
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Page 386 - I do not think the United States would come to an end if we lost our power to declare an Act of Congress void. I do think the Union would be imperiled if we could not make that declaration as to the laws of the several States.
Page 250 - If ever the free institutions of America are destroyed,. that event may be attributed to the unlimited authority of the majority, which may at some future time urge the minorities to desperation, and oblige them to have recourse to physical force. Anarchy will then be the result, but it will have been brought about by despotism.
Page 2 - And since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 301 - The annual quota of any nationality for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1927, and for each fiscal year thereafter, shall be a number which bears the same ratio to 150,000 as the number of inhabitants in continental United States in. 1920...
Page 322 - Leave this hypocritical prating about the masses. Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered but to be schooled.
Page 131 - The first Jesuits were Jews : that mysterious Russian Diplomacy which so alarms Western Europe is organised and principally carried on by Jews ; that mighty revolution which is at this moment preparing in Germany, and which will be, in fact, a second and greater Reformation, and of which so little is as yet known in England, is entirely developing under the auspices of Jews...
Page 235 - It is quite plain that your government will never be able to restrain a distressed and discontented majority. For with you the majority is the government, and has the rich, who are always a minority, absolutely at its mercy. The day will come when in the state of New York a multitude of people, none of whom has had more than half a breakfast, or expects to have more than half a dinner, will choose a legislature.
Page 186 - There is no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally increases at so high a rate that, if not destroyed, the earth would soon be covered by the progeny of a single pair.
Page 254 - I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men, but they did not intend to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all were equal in color, size, intellect, moral developments, or social capacity.
Page 43 - These five contributions to civilization — peace-keeping, religious toleration, the development of manhood suffrage, the welcoming of new-comers, and the diffusion of well-being — I hold to have been eminently characteristic of our country, and so important that, in spite of the qualifications and deductions which every candid citizen would admit with regard to every one of them, they will ever be held in the grateful remembrance of mankind. They are reasonable grounds for a steady, glowing patriotism....