Triumphant Democracy: Sixty Years' March of the RepublicC. Scribner's sons, 1893 - 549 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acres agricultural Ameri American amount Atlantic Austria-Hungary average Britain British Briton capital census cent century Chicago church cities citizen civilization Colombia colonies commerce continent cost cotton crop debt decade Democracy England English equal establishments Europe European exported farms fifty five foreign forty four hundred France German greater growth half hundred thousand immigration Imperial Federation important improved increase industry inhabitants institutions invested labor land laws less Lick Observatory Lord Salisbury maize manufactures Massachusetts ment miles millions of dollars Monarchy nation native native American nearly never paid paupers peace Pittsburgh political population pounds present President proportion race railway rapidly Republic republican result reunion rivers schools Scotland shows square miles steamboat steel supply three hundred tion to-day towns trade traveller twenty Union United United Kingdom wages Washington wealth York
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 147 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Seite 141 - It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Seite 394 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers ; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us...
Seite 507 - No man ever doubted that the commodity of tea could bear an imposition of threepence. But no commodity will bear threepence, or will bear a penny, when the general feelings of men are irritated, and two millions of people are resolved not to pay. The feelings of the colonies were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No ! but the payment...
Seite 188 - Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book ; he hath not eat paper, as it were ; he hath not drunk ink : his intellect is not replenished ; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts...
Seite 505 - ... we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Seite 143 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Seite 393 - To cherish peace and friendly intercourse with all nations having correspondent dispositions ; to maintain sincere neutrality towards belligerent nations; to prefer, in all cases, amicable discussion and reasonable accommodation of differences, to a decision of them by an appeal to arms...
Seite 393 - 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.
Seite 504 - We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.