The Spirit of DemocracyHoughton Mifflin, 1910 - 215 Seiten |
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... ment , and the right either of repudiation or of • revolution followed . To Calhoun and his politi- cal associates this meant nullification , or the right of a sovereign State in the exercise of its sover- eignty to refuse its assent to ...
... ment , and the right either of repudiation or of • revolution followed . To Calhoun and his politi- cal associates this meant nullification , or the right of a sovereign State in the exercise of its sover- eignty to refuse its assent to ...
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... mere form of govern- ment . The spirit of democracy is the creation neither of France nor of England , of Latinism nor of Hebraism . Democracy is primarily the growth of humanity . It is the emergence of man THE TENDENCY OF DEMOCRACY 23.
... mere form of govern- ment . The spirit of democracy is the creation neither of France nor of England , of Latinism nor of Hebraism . Democracy is primarily the growth of humanity . It is the emergence of man THE TENDENCY OF DEMOCRACY 23.
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... ment , religion . Latin democracy and Hebrew democracy are only the directions in which this movement of the common people is being di- rected . A brief glance at the course of the last hundred years will suffice to illustrate this ...
... ment , religion . Latin democracy and Hebrew democracy are only the directions in which this movement of the common people is being di- rected . A brief glance at the course of the last hundred years will suffice to illustrate this ...
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... - tercommunication and transportation ; in the tools and implements of industry ; in the comforts of the homes ; in the opportunities for self - develop- - ment ; in the fundamental conceptions of the aims 26 THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
... - tercommunication and transportation ; in the tools and implements of industry ; in the comforts of the homes ; in the opportunities for self - develop- - ment ; in the fundamental conceptions of the aims 26 THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
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Lyman Abbott. - ment ; in the fundamental conceptions of the aims and the uses of the institutions of religion . It means not merely government of the people , by the people , and for the people : it means , no less , wealth , industry ...
Lyman Abbott. - ment ; in the fundamental conceptions of the aims and the uses of the institutions of religion . It means not merely government of the people , by the people , and for the people : it means , no less , wealth , industry ...
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Abraham Lincoln absolutely America authority believe Bible capital capitalists carried Charles Lamb Charlotte Brontë child Christian Church conception Constitution coöperation corporation cracy democratic spirit Demos despotism divine doctrine duty Edward Bernstein elect Encyclopædia Britannica enforce enterprise evil experience factory father French Revolution fundamental give hands Hebrew human husband ideal Indian clubs individual industrial democracy interests Jesus Christ justice Karl Kautsky labor land liberty lives marriage means ment modern mother munity nation nature obedience organization owners ownership pagan parents person Political Socialism polygamy protection public school Puritan question railways readers reform religion Roman Roman Catholic Church Rome says self-governing community Silas Marner Socialist society suffrage taught teach teachers thing Thou shalt tion to-day tool-owners tools and implements truth universal suffrage wealth wife woman women workingmen
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 17 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Seite 51 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Seite 150 - Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights.
Seite 115 - 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.
Seite 51 - She is like the merchants' ships ; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth...
Seite 173 - When the white man governs himself, that is self-government ; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that " all men are created equal," and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
Seite 43 - Thus the whole education of women ought to be relative to men. To | please them, to be useful to them, to make themselves loved and honored by them, to educate them when young, to care for them when grown, to counsel them, to console them, and to make life agreeable and sweet to them— these are the duties of women at all times, and what should be taught them from their infancy.
Seite 47 - As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman, Though she bends him she obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other...
Seite 42 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Seite 192 - Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others.