The Spirit of DemocracyHoughton Mifflin, 1910 - 215 Seiten |
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... in peace . The result of the Civil War has been to expel absolutely from the consciousness of the nation , both North and South , the doctrine that just government depends on the consent of the gov- erned . The Union of to - day is not ...
... in peace . The result of the Civil War has been to expel absolutely from the consciousness of the nation , both North and South , the doctrine that just government depends on the consent of the gov- erned . The Union of to - day is not ...
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Lyman Abbott. signifies 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 . It is its natural manure . " That phase of Jeffersonian- ism would to - day find ...
Lyman Abbott. signifies 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 . It is its natural manure . " That phase of Jeffersonian- ism would to - day find ...
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Lyman Abbott. ers , has its secret cause in the recognized peril of unqualified suffrage . Up to a very recent date the ... day in France the question whether the State or the Church shall educate the children of the Republic is probably ...
Lyman Abbott. ers , has its secret cause in the recognized peril of unqualified suffrage . Up to a very recent date the ... day in France the question whether the State or the Church shall educate the children of the Republic is probably ...
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... to compel attention to other than merely constitutional considerations . To - day we ask , not , What is con- stitutional ? but , What is right ? If a policy is right , we seek by a liberal construction of the Constitution to find a way to ...
... to compel attention to other than merely constitutional considerations . To - day we ask , not , What is con- stitutional ? but , What is right ? If a policy is right , we seek by a liberal construction of the Constitution to find a way to ...
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... to - day are , Is the free silver or the gold standard right ? Is prohibition or limited license right ? Is it right for us to govern a pro- vince which is not a part of self - governing Amer- ica ? Is it right for the Congress to ...
... to - day are , Is the free silver or the gold standard right ? Is prohibition or limited license right ? Is it right for us to govern a pro- vince which is not a part of self - governing Amer- ica ? Is it right for the Congress to ...
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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.