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The settlement of Jamestown marks alike the commencement of our noble
commonwealth and our glorious union. There was the joint cradle of State and
Nation. From that small beginning grew Virginia, whose superb career added
new ...
The settlement of Jamestown marks alike the commencement of our noble
commonwealth and our glorious union. There was the joint cradle of State and
Nation. From that small beginning grew Virginia, whose superb career added
new ...
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They are always inseparable. Without liberty, there is no true law. . . Without law
and order there is no true liberty, for anarchy means that the rights of the gentle
and weak are overriden by the violent. "In the union of ordered liberty, ...
They are always inseparable. Without liberty, there is no true law. . . Without law
and order there is no true liberty, for anarchy means that the rights of the gentle
and weak are overriden by the violent. "In the union of ordered liberty, ...
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We established a precedent which has been acknowledged by all States in the
Union. Rhode Island! The most densely populated of all the States still remains
true to her old traditions, and, in addition, stands for the highest and most thriving
...
We established a precedent which has been acknowledged by all States in the
Union. Rhode Island! The most densely populated of all the States still remains
true to her old traditions, and, in addition, stands for the highest and most thriving
...
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So here's to New York and Virginia, the North and the South, the Colonists of
1607 and the Colonists of 1609, to the Empire State of the Union and the Old
Dominion and its present successor — the great New Virginia of 1907. New York.
So here's to New York and Virginia, the North and the South, the Colonists of
1607 and the Colonists of 1609, to the Empire State of the Union and the Old
Dominion and its present successor — the great New Virginia of 1907. New York.
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... battlefields from Stony Point to Savannah ; and whose just and firm statesmen
secured for the nation the great territory of the West. President. Johns Hopkins
University. VIRGINIA Independence and National Union owe much to Virginia.
She.
... battlefields from Stony Point to Savannah ; and whose just and firm statesmen
secured for the nation the great territory of the West. President. Johns Hopkins
University. VIRGINIA Independence and National Union owe much to Virginia.
She.
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