North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 223University of Northern Iowa, 1926 |
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... never been known to cherish resentment against even the most virulent of the many enemies he has made during his stormy career . Some attribute this admirable trait to his philosophy of living ; others more frankly , and not without ...
... never been known to cherish resentment against even the most virulent of the many enemies he has made during his stormy career . Some attribute this admirable trait to his philosophy of living ; others more frankly , and not without ...
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... never know where pens once taken in hand may lead them , M. Briand never can tell what he is going to say when he rises to speak . Intuition furnishes the key , memory the facts , logic the argument , and a veritable gift the persuasive ...
... never know where pens once taken in hand may lead them , M. Briand never can tell what he is going to say when he rises to speak . Intuition furnishes the key , memory the facts , logic the argument , and a veritable gift the persuasive ...
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... never joined , but who think and feel and when called on - fight with us . This is our real strength , and no one who ignores it can hope to understand America today . Other achievements of these ten years have been the education of the ...
... never joined , but who think and feel and when called on - fight with us . This is our real strength , and no one who ignores it can hope to understand America today . Other achievements of these ten years have been the education of the ...
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... never compete with those who now fill the lower rungs of the ladder of success . We dare no longer risk letting our youth " make its own way " in the conditions under which we live . So even our unborn children are being crowded out of ...
... never compete with those who now fill the lower rungs of the ladder of success . We dare no longer risk letting our youth " make its own way " in the conditions under which we live . So even our unborn children are being crowded out of ...
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... never an American . They decided that in character , instincts , thought , and purposes - in his whole soul - an alien remains fixedly alien to America and all it means . They saw , too , that the alien was tearing down the American ...
... never an American . They decided that in character , instincts , thought , and purposes - in his whole soul - an alien remains fixedly alien to America and all it means . They saw , too , that the alien was tearing down the American ...
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Page 279 - The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only. The child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.
Page 309 - ... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Page 235 - The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society. And yet they are denied and evaded, with no small show of success. One dashingly calls them "glittering generalities.
Page 526 - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Page 237 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 281 - As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes...
Page 309 - ... truth is great and will prevail, if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them...
Page 235 - The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union.
Page 564 - ... their actings bring real good to their country, yet men primarily considered that their own and their country's interest was united and did not act from a principle of benevolence. "That fewer still in public affairs act with a view to the good of mankind.
Page 254 - The High Contracting Parties agree to submit to arbitration all claims for pecuniary loss or damage which may be presented by their respective citizens and which cannot be amicably adjusted through diplomatic channels, when said claims are of sufficient importance to warrant the expense of arbitration.