The North American Review, Volume 163University of Northern Iowa, 1896 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... political literature , cannot stand the test of modern analysis ; that it belongs to the immense class of over - praised productions ; that it is , in fact , a stately patchwork of sweeping propositions of somewhat doubtful validity ...
... political literature , cannot stand the test of modern analysis ; that it belongs to the immense class of over - praised productions ; that it is , in fact , a stately patchwork of sweeping propositions of somewhat doubtful validity ...
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... politics with a particular applica- tion to Anglo - American affairs - one essential merit of which would be its originality as a contribution to historical and political literature ? Was he not , rather , to regard himself as , for the ...
... politics with a particular applica- tion to Anglo - American affairs - one essential merit of which would be its originality as a contribution to historical and political literature ? Was he not , rather , to regard himself as , for the ...
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... political life in England and America , there had already been created a vast literature of constitutional progress — a literature common to both portions of the English race , pervaded by its own stately traditions , and reverberating ...
... political life in England and America , there had already been created a vast literature of constitutional progress — a literature common to both portions of the English race , pervaded by its own stately traditions , and reverberating ...
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... political unrighteousness . And herein lies its essential originality , perhaps the most pre- cious , and , indeed , almost the only , originality ever attaching to any great literary product that is representative of its time . He made ...
... political unrighteousness . And herein lies its essential originality , perhaps the most pre- cious , and , indeed , almost the only , originality ever attaching to any great literary product that is representative of its time . He made ...
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... political life . Furthermore , he was not by them expected to appear among them at the outset in the fully developed shape of a Philip or an Alva in the Netherlands . They were able to recognize him , they were prepared to resist him ...
... political life . Furthermore , he was not by them expected to appear among them at the outset in the fully developed shape of a Philip or an Alva in the Netherlands . They were able to recognize him , they were prepared to resist him ...
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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.