Miscellaneous Writings of George W. Burnap ... Collected and Revised by the AuthorJ. Murphy, 1845 - 343 pages |
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... mass of ficti- tious currency , upon which the real business of the country was transacted . Hence , then , one cause of the late commer- cial disasters . Improvident legislation led to the unnecessary increase of banks , and the con ...
... mass of ficti- tious currency , upon which the real business of the country was transacted . Hence , then , one cause of the late commer- cial disasters . Improvident legislation led to the unnecessary increase of banks , and the con ...
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... mass of the people , as to what expenditure the labor and real estate of a country can sustain . Four- fifths of mankind must live on the wages of la- bor . Now the avails of the labor of an individ- ual can not be much extended beyond ...
... mass of the people , as to what expenditure the labor and real estate of a country can sustain . Four- fifths of mankind must live on the wages of la- bor . Now the avails of the labor of an individ- ual can not be much extended beyond ...
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... masses . I know of nothing in this world which requires greater wisdom , than to know how to spend money . It is the easiest thing ima- ginable to get rid of , and in the most foolish manner ; and people are apt to make a foolish use of ...
... masses . I know of nothing in this world which requires greater wisdom , than to know how to spend money . It is the easiest thing ima- ginable to get rid of , and in the most foolish manner ; and people are apt to make a foolish use of ...
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... Here is piled up a mass of lead from the mines of Missouri , there a mountain of coal from the interior of Pennsylvania , here a yard of lumber from Maine , there a tall mast from the sources SOURCES OF NATIONAL WEALTH . 43.
... Here is piled up a mass of lead from the mines of Missouri , there a mountain of coal from the interior of Pennsylvania , here a yard of lumber from Maine , there a tall mast from the sources SOURCES OF NATIONAL WEALTH . 43.
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... masses , as to readily command a portion of the avails of their industry in return for them , thus enabling num- bers of the human race to live , not as of old , upon nuts and acorns , but upon the very wood itself of the trees upon ...
... masses , as to readily command a portion of the avails of their industry in return for them , thus enabling num- bers of the human race to live , not as of old , upon nuts and acorns , but upon the very wood itself of the trees upon ...
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Page 125 - I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing...
Page 322 - If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods...
Page 256 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Page 125 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Page 173 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 265 - And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, And the dust thereof into brimstone, And the land thereof shall become burning pitch. It shall not be quenched night nor day ; The smoke thereof shall go up for ever: From generation to generation it shall lie waste ; None shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Page 124 - While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day at least, that curtain may not rise!
Page 264 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Page 124 - I profess, sir, in my career, hitherto, to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our Federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 124 - Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social and personal happiness.