Democracy in America: In Relation to Political InstitutionsE. Walker, 1850 - 460 páginas |
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... inhabitants ; the right of governing descended with the family inheritance from generation to generation ; force was the only means by which man could act on man ; and landed property was the sole source of power . Soon , however , the ...
... inhabitants ; the right of governing descended with the family inheritance from generation to generation ; force was the only means by which man could act on man ; and landed property was the sole source of power . Soon , however , the ...
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... inhabitants . Some wandering tribes had been for ages scattered among the forest shades or the green pastures of the prairie . From the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the Delta of the Mississippi , and from the Atlantic to the Pacific ...
... inhabitants . Some wandering tribes had been for ages scattered among the forest shades or the green pastures of the prairie . From the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the Delta of the Mississippi , and from the Atlantic to the Pacific ...
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... inhabitants to the desert continent of America . But this is a point which has not yet been clearly elucidated by science . See Malte Brun , vol . v . ; the works of Humboldt ; Fischer , " Conjecture sur l'Origine des Américains ...
... inhabitants to the desert continent of America . But this is a point which has not yet been clearly elucidated by science . See Malte Brun , vol . v . ; the works of Humboldt ; Fischer , " Conjecture sur l'Origine des Américains ...
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... inhabitants of North America lived by the produce of the chase . Their implacable prejudices , their uncontrolled passions , their vices , and still more , perhaps , their savage virtues , consigned them to inevitable destruc- tion ...
... inhabitants of North America lived by the produce of the chase . Their implacable prejudices , their uncontrolled passions , their vices , and still more , perhaps , their savage virtues , consigned them to inevitable destruc- tion ...
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... Christian world were then rife . England had plunged into the new order of things with headlong vehemence . The character of 1 its inhabitants , whieh had always been sedate and reflecting 4 AND ITS IMPORTANCE . 25 25.
... Christian world were then rife . England had plunged into the new order of things with headlong vehemence . The character of 1 its inhabitants , whieh had always been sedate and reflecting 4 AND ITS IMPORTANCE . 25 25.
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Página 32 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Página 236 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual 'hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Página 236 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
Página 152 - When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed, to be the guardians of those interests ; to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.
Página 459 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal: this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Página 152 - The republican principle demands that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they intrust the management of their affairs ; but it does not require an unqualified complaisance to every sudden breeze of passion, or to every transient impulse which the people may receive from the arts of men, who flatter their prejudices to betray their interests.
Página 274 - It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.
Página 361 - ... succeed in wholly depriving it of its rights ; but the Americans of the United States have accomplished this twofold purpose with singular felicity ; tranquilly, legally, philanthropically, without shedding blood, and without violating a single great principle of morality in the eyes of the world. f It is impossible to destroy men with more respect for the laws of humanity.
Página 1 - Amongst the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of condition among the people.
Página 65 - ... the balance of powers, and collects clear practical notions on the nature of his duties and the extent of his rights.