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... look each into the other's mind , to read each the other's heart . They must recognize each other less by their foibles and more by their faiths , less by the factors of national weakness and more by the elements of national strength ...
... look each into the other's mind , to read each the other's heart . They must recognize each other less by their foibles and more by their faiths , less by the factors of national weakness and more by the elements of national strength ...
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... looks like bravado , and for this essentially con- servative temper , at which Europeans sometimes wonder because it seems unsuitable to a democracy , — the reason , I think , is to be found in the history of the soul of the people ...
... looks like bravado , and for this essentially con- servative temper , at which Europeans sometimes wonder because it seems unsuitable to a democracy , — the reason , I think , is to be found in the history of the soul of the people ...
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... look a little like a Scotchman , and the London ones make him look intensely English , and the American ones give him a touch of Broadway in 1845 , and the photographs made in Paris have an unmistakable suggestion of the Boulevards ...
... look a little like a Scotchman , and the London ones make him look intensely English , and the American ones give him a touch of Broadway in 1845 , and the photographs made in Paris have an unmistakable suggestion of the Boulevards ...
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... of personal responsibility which so often carries with it an intense feeling of personal value and force . Yet , after all , if we look at the matter closely , we shall see that there was no very great difference 42 THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA.
... of personal responsibility which so often carries with it an intense feeling of personal value and force . Yet , after all , if we look at the matter closely , we shall see that there was no very great difference 42 THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA.
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... look at it closely , it does not seem at all unreasonable . For it proposes no alteration in the laws of the universe , - only a principle to be ob- served in human legislation . It predicts no Utopia of universal prosperity , - only a ...
... look at it closely , it does not seem at all unreasonable . For it proposes no alteration in the laws of the universe , - only a principle to be ob- served in human legislation . It predicts no Utopia of universal prosperity , - only a ...
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Page 152 - Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labours and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world. Americans are the western pilgrims, who are carrying along with them that great mass of arts, sciences, vigour, and industry which began long since in the east; they will finish the great circle.
Page 152 - He is an American, who leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap of our great Alma Mater. Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world.
Page 7 - And fetched my sea-born treasures home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproar.
Page 157 - ... it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which 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.
Page 55 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 152 - European, hence that strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no other country. I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations.
Page 74 - ... that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or...
Page 93 - US 746, at page 762, ... in the course of his concurring opinion in that case, that "the right to follow any of the common occupations of life is an inalienable right. It was formulated as such under the phrase 'pursuit of happiness' in the Declaration of Independence, which commenced with the fundamental proposition that 'all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights...
Page 121 - Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
Page 156 - Is this the object for which I have been contending? said I to myself, for I rode along without any answer to this wretch. Are these the sentiments of such people, and how many of them are there in the country? Half the nation, for what I know; for half the nation are debtors, if not more, and these have been, in all countries, the sentiments of debtors. If the power of the country should get into such hands, and there is great danger that it will, to what purpose have we sacrificed our time, health,...