The Probe, Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and ThingsPublished for the author, 1847 - 336 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 63
... 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 ...
Σελίδα 70
... 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 ...
Σελίδα 71
... 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 ...
Σελίδα 87
... 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 ...
Σελίδα 89
... 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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Σελίδα 4 - ... 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...
Σελίδα 2 - 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.
Σελίδα 10 - United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and together with the vice-president, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows : 2. Each State shall appoint...
Σελίδα 11 - 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...
Σελίδα 35 - ... establishing, with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the government to support them, conventional rules of intercourse, the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit, but temporary, and liable to be from time to time abandoned or varied, as experience and circumstances shall dictate...
Σελίδα 30 - Patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its...
Σελίδα 49 - Resolved, That by two royal charters, granted by King James the First, the colonists aforesaid are declared entitled to all the privileges, liberties, and immunities of denizens aud natural-born subjects, to all intents and purposes as if they had been abiding and born within the realm of England.
Σελίδα 37 - THOUGH in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am, nevertheless, too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils, to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence...
Σελίδα 25 - The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort ; and, what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.
Σελίδα 33 - ... nation,) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption or infatuation.