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Side 11
... opinion when I left Eng- land . It would not , however , be necessary to go back many months to reach the time when Englishmen were say- ing how impossible it was that so great a national power should ignore its own greatness and ...
... opinion when I left Eng- land . It would not , however , be necessary to go back many months to reach the time when Englishmen were say- ing how impossible it was that so great a national power should ignore its own greatness and ...
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... opinion about America in August last . And now I will venture to say a word or two as to American feeling respecting this English opinion at that period . It will of course be remembered by all my readers that , at the beginning of the ...
... opinion about America in August last . And now I will venture to say a word or two as to American feeling respecting this English opinion at that period . It will of course be remembered by all my readers that , at the beginning of the ...
Side 16
... opinion . " The North is hot with such thoughts as these ; and one cannot wonder that she should be angry with her friend when her friend , with an expression of cer- tain easy good wishes , bids her fight out her own battles . The ...
... opinion . " The North is hot with such thoughts as these ; and one cannot wonder that she should be angry with her friend when her friend , with an expression of cer- tain easy good wishes , bids her fight out her own battles . The ...
Side 17
... opinion that revolution is a sin ? Are they going back to the divine right of any sovereignty ? Are they going to tell the world that a nation or a people is bound to remain in any political status because that sta- tus is the ...
... opinion that revolution is a sin ? Are they going back to the divine right of any sovereignty ? Are they going to tell the world that a nation or a people is bound to remain in any political status because that sta- tus is the ...
Side 23
... opinions in England , however , were too divided to enable me to say that there was any prevailing conviction on the matter . My own impression was , and is , that the North will , in a military point of view , have the best of the ...
... opinions in England , however , were too divided to enable me to say that there was any prevailing conviction on the matter . My own impression was , and is , that the North will , in a military point of view , have the best of the ...
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Side 299 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them ; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns...
Side 308 - And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.
Side 179 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Side 299 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them...
Side 237 - No lease or grant of agricultural land, for a longer period than twelve years, hereafter made, in which shall be reserved any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid.
Side 240 - No judicial officer, except justices of the peace, shall receive to his own use any fees or perquisites of office...
Side 308 - ... that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in nowise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
Side 299 - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.
Side 298 - The general assembly shall make such provisions, by taxation or otherwise, as, with the income arising from the school trust fund, will secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state...
Side 299 - Cambridge ; public schools and grammar schools in the towns ; to encourage private societies and public institutions ; rewards and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country ; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry, and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings ; sincerity, good humor and all social affections and generous...