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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Even “ the preposterous violence and the manifest insincerity of the suppressed clause " against slavery and the slave - trade “ are enough to create suspicion as to the spirit in which the whole document was framed . ” III .
Even “ the preposterous violence and the manifest insincerity of the suppressed clause " against slavery and the slave - trade “ are enough to create suspicion as to the spirit in which the whole document was framed . ” III .
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A common coin of the great nations would inevitably become the coin of the smaller nations , through the forces of trade and use , if not of formal adoption . The tendency in this direction is shown by the adoption of the French system ...
A common coin of the great nations would inevitably become the coin of the smaller nations , through the forces of trade and use , if not of formal adoption . The tendency in this direction is shown by the adoption of the French system ...
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Now , when gossip has become a recognized trade in which large capital is invested and many men engaged , it is most proper that we should consider and determine how far incursions may be made into the private life of the men and women ...
Now , when gossip has become a recognized trade in which large capital is invested and many men engaged , it is most proper that we should consider and determine how far incursions may be made into the private life of the men and women ...
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Trade secrets and marks began to be regarded as property , and the fruits of invention came in a like manner to the care of the law . With the increase of books by aid of movable types came the idea of copyright .
Trade secrets and marks began to be regarded as property , and the fruits of invention came in a like manner to the care of the law . With the increase of books by aid of movable types came the idea of copyright .
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This is not the result of arbitrary legislation on our part , but a necessity imposed by the demands of trade and commerce . Foreign purchasers of American products pay in gold , and foreign creditors demand settlements in the same ...
This is not the result of arbitrary legislation on our part , but a necessity imposed by the demands of trade and commerce . Foreign purchasers of American products pay in gold , and foreign creditors demand settlements in the same ...
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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 | University of Northern Iowa, 1896 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Sep 2006 |
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