The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
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... person , his industry , and all his facul- ties , the communication of all his thoughts by all possible means , the pursuit of happi- ness , and the resistance of oppression . " The exercise of natural rights has no limits , but such as ...
... person , his industry , and all his facul- ties , the communication of all his thoughts by all possible means , the pursuit of happi- ness , and the resistance of oppression . " The exercise of natural rights has no limits , but such as ...
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... person , when- ever he discoursed to them of his great theme ; perspicacious and deliberate , he won the admiration of mankind by the profound- ness of his testimony before a British parliament concerning the evils of oppression . He ...
... person , when- ever he discoursed to them of his great theme ; perspicacious and deliberate , he won the admiration of mankind by the profound- ness of his testimony before a British parliament concerning the evils of oppression . He ...
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... person of O'Connell , to demand her constitutional place in the councils of the British king - to demand from that king religious liberty . How potent is the atti- tude of peaceful , passive resistance ! how vast the power that Virtue ...
... person of O'Connell , to demand her constitutional place in the councils of the British king - to demand from that king religious liberty . How potent is the atti- tude of peaceful , passive resistance ! how vast the power that Virtue ...
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... persons , and drew after it obli- gations of inalienable allegiance upon those who became the in- habitante of the new world . The new world was indeed divided between different powers , but the system of government was everywhere the ...
... persons , and drew after it obli- gations of inalienable allegiance upon those who became the in- habitante of the new world . The new world was indeed divided between different powers , but the system of government was everywhere the ...
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... person of John Quincy Adams . He took his seat in the house of representatives in 1831 , without assumption or ostentation . Abolitionists placed in his hand petitions for the suppression of slavery in the District of Co- lumbia , the ...
... person of John Quincy Adams . He took his seat in the house of representatives in 1831 , without assumption or ostentation . Abolitionists placed in his hand petitions for the suppression of slavery in the District of Co- lumbia , the ...
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