What America Means to Me: A Book of the People, by the People, for the People; Designed for Their Use in Preparing Themselves for the Practice of CitizenshipHenry Ezekiel Jackson National community board, 1920 - 236 pages |
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... never bring disgrace to this our city , by any act of dishonesty or cowardice , nor ever desert our com- rades ; we will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the city , both alone and with many ; we will revere and obey the city ...
... never bring disgrace to this our city , by any act of dishonesty or cowardice , nor ever desert our com- rades ; we will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the city , both alone and with many ; we will revere and obey the city ...
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... never to be under- taken , without conscious and careful preparation for meeting it . CITIZENSHIP , AN ACHIEVEMENT We have assumed citizenship as a birth - right . It is not the kind of thing to be assumed ; it is the kind of thing to ...
... never to be under- taken , without conscious and careful preparation for meeting it . CITIZENSHIP , AN ACHIEVEMENT We have assumed citizenship as a birth - right . It is not the kind of thing to be assumed ; it is the kind of thing to ...
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... never has been a time more than now , when it is so essential that all nations make an honest in- ventory of their assets and liabilities . They are now forming a Society of Nations . They will want to have a worthy standing in this ...
... never has been a time more than now , when it is so essential that all nations make an honest in- ventory of their assets and liabilities . They are now forming a Society of Nations . They will want to have a worthy standing in this ...
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... never the harvest of compulsion . A man may wear a prison garb for years without acquiring a taste for stripes . " The only way to make a man an American is to receive him as one . No man can be a loyal member of a society to which he ...
... never the harvest of compulsion . A man may wear a prison garb for years without acquiring a taste for stripes . " The only way to make a man an American is to receive him as one . No man can be a loyal member of a society to which he ...
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... which demands frank recognition is that an unlettered man may be a very able man and worthy of our highest regard . This sentiment never found expression in literature till Gray wrote his " 28 WHAT AMERICA MEANS TO ME.
... which demands frank recognition is that an unlettered man may be a very able man and worthy of our highest regard . This sentiment never found expression in literature till Gray wrote his " 28 WHAT AMERICA MEANS TO ME.
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Page 214 - Congress, . lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws: and the net produce of all duties and imposts laid by any State on imports or...
Page 64 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 217 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be increased...
Page 210 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 62 - And let us reflect, that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little, if we countenance a political intolerance, as despotic as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
Page 64 - ... the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad ; a jealous care of the right of election by the people — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided...
Page 214 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 216 - ... 4. The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 210 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time, by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 213 - To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of government of the United States...