American Public Addresses, 1740-1952McGraw-Hill, 1956 - 301 pages |
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Page 86
... question , and to provide for the insertion of a provision in the constitution , by an amendment , which will restore to the South , in substance , the power she possessed of pro- tecting herself , before the equilibrium between the ...
... question , and to provide for the insertion of a provision in the constitution , by an amendment , which will restore to the South , in substance , the power she possessed of pro- tecting herself , before the equilibrium between the ...
Page 97
... question , and once on the slavery question . His argu- ment , therefore , that slavery is the only question that has ever created dissension in the Union , falls to the ground . It is true that agitators are enabled now to use this ...
... question , and once on the slavery question . His argu- ment , therefore , that slavery is the only question that has ever created dissension in the Union , falls to the ground . It is true that agitators are enabled now to use this ...
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... question is deeper than any question of party politics ; deeper than any question of the isolated policy of our country even ; deeper even than any question of constitutional power . It is ele- mental . It is racial . God has not been ...
... question is deeper than any question of party politics ; deeper than any question of the isolated policy of our country even ; deeper even than any question of constitutional power . It is ele- mental . It is racial . God has not been ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
RALPH WALDO EMERSON | 3 |
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry | 15 |
Copyright | |
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