American Compared with England: The Respective Social Effects of the American and English Systems of Government and Legislation; and the Mission of DemocracyE. Wilson, 1848 - 289 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 10 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...
Σελίδα 254 - But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Σελίδα 10 - But religion, morality, and knowledge being essentially necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of instruction shall forever be encouraged by legislative provision not inconsistent with the rights of conscience.
Σελίδα 3 - Act whose members are appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. The Board...
Σελίδα 168 - Secondly, nearly all these young ladies subscribe to circulating libraries. Thirdly, they have got up among themselves a periodical called The Lowell Offering, "A repository of original articles, written exclusively by females actively employed in the mills...
Σελίδα 12 - That in all criminal prosecutions the accused hath a right to be heard by himself and his counsel, to demand the nature and Cause of the accusation against him, to meet the witnesses face to face...
Σελίδα 12 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence: And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Σελίδα 213 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common, and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need...
Σελίδα 10 - ... prevent white male persons above the age of twenty-one years, who are compelled to labor on the roads of their respective townships or counties, and who have resided one year in the State, from having the right of an elector.
Σελίδα 263 - Excessive application during four days of the week, is frequently the real cause of the idleness of the other three, so much and so loudly complained of. Great labour, either of mind or body, continued for several days together, is in most men naturally followed by a great desire of relaxation, which, if not restrained by force, or by some strong necessity, is almost irresistible.