The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen4F. P. Kaiser, 1901 |
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Página 1229
... look at all into our discussions ? What becomes of the constitutional provision which , speaking of Congress , declares , " for any speech or de- bate in either house , they shall not be questioned in any other place " ? The President ...
... look at all into our discussions ? What becomes of the constitutional provision which , speaking of Congress , declares , " for any speech or de- bate in either house , they shall not be questioned in any other place " ? The President ...
Página 1253
... look a little at this system , its mag- nitude , its ramifications , its duration , and the high authorities which have sustained it . We shall see that its foes will have accomplished comparatively nothing , after having achieved their ...
... look a little at this system , its mag- nitude , its ramifications , its duration , and the high authorities which have sustained it . We shall see that its foes will have accomplished comparatively nothing , after having achieved their ...
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... look to the great ends which the framers of our admirable Constitution had in view . We must reject as wholly incompat- ible with their enlightened and beneficent intentions that con- struction of these powers which would resuscitate ...
... look to the great ends which the framers of our admirable Constitution had in view . We must reject as wholly incompat- ible with their enlightened and beneficent intentions that con- struction of these powers which would resuscitate ...
Página 1264
... looks to great na- tional objects , and proposes the ultimate application to their ac- complishment of the only means by which they can be effected , the means of the nation - means which , if they be withheld from such objects , the ...
... looks to great na- tional objects , and proposes the ultimate application to their ac- complishment of the only means by which they can be effected , the means of the nation - means which , if they be withheld from such objects , the ...
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... look on calmly and coolly , whilst all this is perpetrated on a Christian people , in its own immediate vicinity , in its very presence , let us at least evince that one of its remote extremities is susceptible of sensi- bility to ...
... look on calmly and coolly , whilst all this is perpetrated on a Christian people , in its own immediate vicinity , in its very presence , let us at least evince that one of its remote extremities is susceptible of sensi- bility to ...
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Página 1437 - I, AB, do declare that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the King ; and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him...
Página 1448 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Página 1439 - On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt; for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
Página 1619 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Página 1593 - But I have all, and abound : I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
Página 1589 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Página 1589 - For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Página 1270 - Are we so mean, so base, so despicable, that we may not attempt to express our horror — to utter our indignation, at the most brutal and atrocious war that ever stained earth or shocked high heaven; at the ferocious deeds of a savage and infuriated soldiery, stimulated and urged on by the clergy of a fanatical and inimical religion, and rioting in all the excesses of blood and butchery, at the mere details of which the heart sickens and recoils!
Página 1565 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Página 1495 - I mean the monopolies and polers of the people; these, like the frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have a room scarce free from them; they sup in our cup...