Modern Achievement, Volume 10University Soc., 1902 |
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... practical politicians who knew how infinitely difficult a business government is , desired no bold experiments . They preferred , so far as circumstances permitted , to walk in the old paths , to follow methods which experience had ...
... practical politicians who knew how infinitely difficult a business government is , desired no bold experiments . They preferred , so far as circumstances permitted , to walk in the old paths , to follow methods which experience had ...
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... practical result . It is rather a manifesto , or declaration of opinion and policy , than a step towards legisla- tion . Congress is not moved : members go their own way and bring in their own bills . Far more effective is the ...
... practical result . It is rather a manifesto , or declaration of opinion and policy , than a step towards legisla- tion . Congress is not moved : members go their own way and bring in their own bills . Far more effective is the ...
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... Should the majority threaten him he is therefore sure of considerable support . In its practical working the presidential veto power fur- nishes an interesting illustration of the tendency of unwritten or OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT 23.
... Should the majority threaten him he is therefore sure of considerable support . In its practical working the presidential veto power fur- nishes an interesting illustration of the tendency of unwritten or OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT 23.
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... practical . So , too , few debates in the Senate rise to the level of the better debates in the English chamber . But the Senate seldom wears the air of listless vacuity and superannuated indolence which the House of Lords . presents on ...
... practical . So , too , few debates in the Senate rise to the level of the better debates in the English chamber . But the Senate seldom wears the air of listless vacuity and superannuated indolence which the House of Lords . presents on ...
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... practical shrewdness . The House of Commons con- tains more men who could give a good address on a literary or historical subject , the Senate more who could either deliver a rousing popular harangue or manage the business of a great ...
... practical shrewdness . The House of Commons con- tains more men who could give a good address on a literary or historical subject , the Senate more who could either deliver a rousing popular harangue or manage the business of a great ...
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Page 290 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white, With streakings of the morning light ; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land.
Page 298 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each state shall direct...
Page 334 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Page 300 - VIII.—All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defense, or general welfare, and allowed by the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several States in proportion to the value of all land within each State...
Page xiv - Came there a certain lord, neat, and trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin new reap'd Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and...
Page 293 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 297 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare; binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 321 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also, that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Page 320 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Page 324 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.