The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
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... respect ; self - respect ambition ; am- bition animates resolution , quickens mental activity , and discerns the advantages which knowledge and virtue bring to their pos- sessor . Arbitrary power procures the performance of duty only by ...
... respect ; self - respect ambition ; am- bition animates resolution , quickens mental activity , and discerns the advantages which knowledge and virtue bring to their pos- sessor . Arbitrary power procures the performance of duty only by ...
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... respect - peace , harmony , and social order , guarantied by irresistible power- and a common name and common destiny with the American people . If it were possible that any one state could act a part so infatuated , it is certain that ...
... respect - peace , harmony , and social order , guarantied by irresistible power- and a common name and common destiny with the American people . If it were possible that any one state could act a part so infatuated , it is certain that ...
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... respect if not terror , obtained the liberation of the only man in France whom he could not corrupt . But the consul , while he thus yield- ed to the importunities of the friends of justice and of liberty , did not omit to censure ...
... respect if not terror , obtained the liberation of the only man in France whom he could not corrupt . But the consul , while he thus yield- ed to the importunities of the friends of justice and of liberty , did not omit to censure ...
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... respect of either , exasperated both . Each invaded our na- tional rights more flagrantly than before , and excused the injus- tice by the plea of necessary retaliation against its adversary , and each found willing apologists in a ...
... respect of either , exasperated both . Each invaded our na- tional rights more flagrantly than before , and excused the injus- tice by the plea of necessary retaliation against its adversary , and each found willing apologists in a ...
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... his chivalrous bearing , the respect of mankind . John Quincy Adams was wisely sent by the United States to establish relations of amity with the great power of the north , and , while he was thus engaged , JOHN QUINCY ADAMS . 83.
... his chivalrous bearing , the respect of mankind . John Quincy Adams was wisely sent by the United States to establish relations of amity with the great power of the north , and , while he was thus engaged , JOHN QUINCY ADAMS . 83.
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