The Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and ThingsG. B. Zieber & Company, 1846 - 312 páginas |
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... earthly happiness is complete until religion throws its sacred halo around it . Here is firm footing ; here is solid rock ! This can support us , all is sea besides , Sinks under us , bestorms , and then devours . His hand the good man ...
... earthly happiness is complete until religion throws its sacred halo around it . Here is firm footing ; here is solid rock ! This can support us , all is sea besides , Sinks under us , bestorms , and then devours . His hand the good man ...
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... earthly glory , must always be ready to take and make opportunities for advance- ment - take and make paths to travel in . Some prac- tise simulation and dissimulation - leap and creep , like Cæsar ; kiss the ground , like Brutus ; soar ...
... earthly glory , must always be ready to take and make opportunities for advance- ment - take and make paths to travel in . Some prac- tise simulation and dissimulation - leap and creep , like Cæsar ; kiss the ground , like Brutus ; soar ...
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... earthly glory . There is a higher , purer glory , enduring as eternity , which is more worthy of immortal souls , than any thing earth can give . That glory is within the reach of all , and is not dependent on the caprice of the multi ...
... earthly glory . There is a higher , purer glory , enduring as eternity , which is more worthy of immortal souls , than any thing earth can give . That glory is within the reach of all , and is not dependent on the caprice of the multi ...
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... earthly bliss , that the world has ever been flooded with base counterfeits , many so thickly coated with the pure metal , that nothing but time can detect the base inte- rior and ulterior designs of bogus friends . Deception is a ...
... earthly bliss , that the world has ever been flooded with base counterfeits , many so thickly coated with the pure metal , that nothing but time can detect the base inte- rior and ulterior designs of bogus friends . Deception is a ...
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... earthly prosperity . Beware of the man who suddenly commences shaking hands with those he had before considered below him . He has an office in his eye and wants your vote , but is unworthy of it . In the choice and in the preservation ...
... earthly prosperity . Beware of the man who suddenly commences shaking hands with those he had before considered below him . He has an office in his eye and wants your vote , but is unworthy of it . In the choice and in the preservation ...
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Página 8 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Página 28 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union, to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Página 24 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Página 16 - United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
Página 6 - Rodney, George Read, Thomas M'Kean. Maryland. — Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Virginia. — George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton. North Carolina. — William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. South Carolina. — Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton. Georgia. — Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton.
Página 15 - 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 nor...
Página 32 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.
Página 38 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Página 39 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Página 27 - Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment. The unity of Government which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you.