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Page 100
America seems again discovered ; not to geography , but to commerce , to social
intercourse , to intelligence , to civilisation , and to liberty . Fifty years ago , some
of those who now hear me , and the fathers of many others ; listened in this place
...
America seems again discovered ; not to geography , but to commerce , to social
intercourse , to intelligence , to civilisation , and to liberty . Fifty years ago , some
of those who now hear me , and the fathers of many others ; listened in this place
...
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This comes home to every man ; life , liberty , reputation , property , all depend on
this. ... The courts of law , independent judges , and enlightened juries , are
citadels of popular liberty , as well as temples of private justice . The most
essential ...
This comes home to every man ; life , liberty , reputation , property , all depend on
this. ... The courts of law , independent judges , and enlightened juries , are
citadels of popular liberty , as well as temples of private justice . The most
essential ...
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But what sort of liberty ? The liberty of establishing their own opinions , in
defiance of the opinions of all others ; the liberty of judging and of deciding
exclusively themselves , in a matter in which others have as much right to judge
and decide ...
But what sort of liberty ? The liberty of establishing their own opinions , in
defiance of the opinions of all others ; the liberty of judging and of deciding
exclusively themselves , in a matter in which others have as much right to judge
and decide ...
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Discourse delivered at Plymouth in Commemoration of the first Settlement | 25 |
DISCOURSE in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams | 71 |
Speech delivered at a Meeting of Citizens of Boston held in Faneuil Hall | 97 |
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