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... passions of the human heart , co - operated to enrich the poor and to impoverish the rich . From the time when the exercise of the intellect became the source of strength and of wealth , it is impossible not to consider every ad- dition ...
... passions of the human heart , co - operated to enrich the poor and to impoverish the rich . From the time when the exercise of the intellect became the source of strength and of wealth , it is impossible not to consider every ad- dition ...
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... passions , generous sentiments , pro- found religious convictions , and independent virtues . The body of a State ... passion , but a quiet and rational per- suasion . Every individual being in the possession of rights which he is sure ...
... passions , generous sentiments , pro- found religious convictions , and independent virtues . The body of a State ... passion , but a quiet and rational per- suasion . Every individual being in the possession of rights which he is sure ...
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... passions of old men which terminate in im . potence . We have , then , abandoned whatever advantages the old state of things afforded , without receiving any compensation from our present condition ; having destroyed an aristocracy , we ...
... passions of old men which terminate in im . potence . We have , then , abandoned whatever advantages the old state of things afforded , without receiving any compensation from our present condition ; having destroyed an aristocracy , we ...
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... passions of old men which terminate in im . potence . We have , then , abandoned whatever advantages the old state of things afforded , without receiving any compensation from our present condition ; having destroyed an aristocracy , we ...
... passions of old men which terminate in im . potence . We have , then , abandoned whatever advantages the old state of things afforded , without receiving any compensation from our present condition ; having destroyed an aristocracy , we ...
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... passions , in order to learn what we have to fear or to hope from its progress . In the first part of this work I have attempted to show the tenden- cy given to the laws by the democracy of America , which is aban doned almost without ...
... passions , in order to learn what we have to fear or to hope from its progress . In the first part of this work I have attempted to show the tenden- cy given to the laws by the democracy of America , which is aban doned almost without ...
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Page 186 - ... the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Page 185 - Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course.
Page 23 - In the name of God, amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 186 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Page 23 - And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms, dangerous to travel to known places, much more to search an unknown coast. Besides, what could they see but a hideous and desolate wilderness, full of wild beasts and wild men— and what multitudes there might be of them they knew not.
Page 185 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 91 - The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties,...
Page 186 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own, to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Page 23 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 239 - States, the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common ; but there is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America...