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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... Vice , and Folly , Have deeply inflicted on our fallen race , Much need the Probe . - AUTHOR . With an Appendix , CONTAINING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE , THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES , WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS , AND A ...
... Vice , and Folly , Have deeply inflicted on our fallen race , Much need the Probe . - AUTHOR . With an Appendix , CONTAINING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE , THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES , WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS , AND A ...
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... vice , and immorality would recede , and happiness , before unknown , would become the crowning glory of man . Pure and undefiled reli- gion would then be honored and glorified - primitive Christianity would stand forth , divested of ...
... vice , and immorality would recede , and happiness , before unknown , would become the crowning glory of man . Pure and undefiled reli- gion would then be honored and glorified - primitive Christianity would stand forth , divested of ...
Σελίδα 36
... vice , and the blessings of every virtue , that they may early learn to shun the former and practise the latter . Above all , teach them pure and undefiled religion . The sub- ject may appear trifling - it is so treated generally , and ...
... vice , and the blessings of every virtue , that they may early learn to shun the former and practise the latter . Above all , teach them pure and undefiled religion . The sub- ject may appear trifling - it is so treated generally , and ...
Σελίδα 37
... vice , and immorality ; peace and happiness would be promoted , and social order advanced . In the domestic circle , obstinacy , and a want of mutual confidence , do much mischief . Instead of ad- vising with each other , and profiting ...
... vice , and immorality ; peace and happiness would be promoted , and social order advanced . In the domestic circle , obstinacy , and a want of mutual confidence , do much mischief . Instead of ad- vising with each other , and profiting ...
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... vice , and are quickly lost in the maelstrom of iniquity . Vanity , self conceit , and self ignorance , contribute to swell the upper current . Lying and deceit are ever rolling their frightful surges over the under current of truth ...
... vice , and are quickly lost in the maelstrom of iniquity . Vanity , self conceit , and self ignorance , contribute to swell the upper current . Lying and deceit are ever rolling their frightful surges over the under current of truth ...
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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.