The North American Review, Volume 163Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... sanctity , those few great ideas as to the dignity of human nature , and the
sacredness of personality , and the indestructible rights of man as mere man ,
with which we had so gloriously identified the beginnings of our national
existence .
... sanctity , those few great ideas as to the dignity of human nature , and the
sacredness of personality , and the indestructible rights of man as mere man ,
with which we had so gloriously identified the beginnings of our national
existence .
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... the porch of every royal palace , " g it is because it has become the classic
statement of political truths which must at last abolish kings altogether , or else
teach them to identify their existence with the dignity and happiness of human
nature .
... the porch of every royal palace , " g it is because it has become the classic
statement of political truths which must at last abolish kings altogether , or else
teach them to identify their existence with the dignity and happiness of human
nature .
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clandestine press ; not a declaration of Anarchist views has been made at any of
the numerous political trials ; not a single manifestation of the existence of that
party has occurred within the dominions of the Czar . There are a few Russians ...
clandestine press ; not a declaration of Anarchist views has been made at any of
the numerous political trials ; not a single manifestation of the existence of that
party has occurred within the dominions of the Czar . There are a few Russians ...
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The very existence of the dynasty was , at that time , for several days in grave
peril . Towards the conclusion of the Crimean war , Nicholas I. died in a
somewhat mysterious manner . No sooner was his life extinct than in a number of
Provincial ...
The very existence of the dynasty was , at that time , for several days in grave
peril . Towards the conclusion of the Crimean war , Nicholas I. died in a
somewhat mysterious manner . No sooner was his life extinct than in a number of
Provincial ...
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... no injustice to settler or investor ; it does not plunge the nation into any
headlong course from which it cannot retreat . It merely recognizes the existence
of a rising national problem , and looks to its solution in time to meet the national
need .
... no injustice to settler or investor ; it does not plunge the nation into any
headlong course from which it cannot retreat . It merely recognizes the existence
of a rising national problem , and looks to its solution in time to meet the national
need .
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Page 260 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Page 511 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 534 - That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals ; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same ; the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth ; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops ; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation ; the analysis of soils and water...
Page 603 - scaped world's and flesh's rage, And if no other misery, yet age! Rest in soft peace, and asked, say, Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry.
Page 16 - Their love of liberty, as with you, fixed and attached on this specific point of taxing. Liberty might be safe, or might be endangered, in twenty other particulars, without their being much pleased or alarmed. Here they felt its pulse; and as they found that beat, they thought themselves sick or sound. I do not say whether they were right or wrong in applying your general arguments to their own case. It is not easy, indeed, to make a monopoly of theorems and corollaries. The fact is, that they did...
Page 554 - GOVERNMENT, superseding, as far as may be deemed expedient, the local law, and exercised by the military commander under the direction of the President, with the express or implied sanction of Congress; while the third may be denominated MARTIAL LAW PROPER, and is called into action by Congress, or temporarily, when the action of Congress cannot be invited, and in the case of justifying or excusing peril, by the President, in times of insurrection or invasion, or of civil or foreign war, within districts...
Page 15 - They went much further ; they attempted to prove, and they succeeded, that in theory it ought to be so, from the particular nature of a House of Commons, as an immediate representative of the people, whether the old records had delivered this oracle or not. They took infinite pains to inculcate as a fundamental principle, that in all monarchies the people must in effect themselves, mediately or immediately, possess the power of granting their own money, or no shadow of liberty could subsist.
Page 746 - Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union. Its commanding position with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West India seas...
Page 271 - It may be assumed that the holders of our securities have already received upon their bonds a larger amount than their original investment, measured by a gold standard. Upon this statement of facts it would seem but just and equitable that the...
Page 554 - ... by martial rule until the laws can have their free course. As necessity creates the rule, so it limits its duration; for if this government is continued after the courts are reinstated, it is a gross usurpation of power. Martial rule can never exist where the courts are open and in the proper and unobstructed exercise of their jurisdiction. It is also confined to the locality of actual war.
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| Title | The North American Review, Volume 163 Volumes 181-183; Volumes 270-281; Volumes 1613-1647 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Issue 30409 of Microbook library of American civilization |
| Contributors | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Publisher | O. Everett, 1896 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Sep 2006 |
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