Conciliation with the Colonies: The Speech by Edmund BurkeHoughton Mifflin, 1915 - 141 sider |
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Side 46
... admissible , previous to any submission on the part of America . It has even shot a good deal be- yond that mark , and has admitted that the complaints of our former mode of exerting the right of taxation 46 CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES.
... admissible , previous to any submission on the part of America . It has even shot a good deal be- yond that mark , and has admitted that the complaints of our former mode of exerting the right of taxation 46 CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES.
Side 47
... mode of exerting the right of taxation were not wholly unfounded . That right thus exerted is allowed to have something reprehensible in it , some- thing unwise , or something grievous ; since , in the midst of our heat and resentment ...
... mode of exerting the right of taxation were not wholly unfounded . That right thus exerted is allowed to have something reprehensible in it , some- thing unwise , or something grievous ; since , in the midst of our heat and resentment ...
Side 49
... mode of governing two millions , we shall find we have millions more to man- age . Your children do not grow faster from infancy to manhood than they spread from families to com- munities , and from villages to nations . 16. I put this ...
... mode of governing two millions , we shall find we have millions more to man- age . Your children do not grow faster from infancy to manhood than they spread from families to com- munities , and from villages to nations . 16. I put this ...
Side 52
... mode of treating them must have this proportion as its basis ; or it is a reasoning weak , rotten , and sophistical . 25. Mr. Speaker , I cannot prevail on myself to hurry over this great consideration . It is good for us to be here ...
... mode of treating them must have this proportion as its basis ; or it is a reasoning weak , rotten , and sophistical . 25. Mr. Speaker , I cannot prevail on myself to hurry over this great consideration . It is good for us to be here ...
Side 56
... mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still , as it were , but in the gristle , and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood . When I contemplate these things ; when I ...
... mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still , as it were , but in the gristle , and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood . When I contemplate these things ; when I ...
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