Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1902: Based Upon the Plan of Benson John Lossing ...Harper, 1901 |
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... force until the Wampanoags , weary of encroachments on their lands by the whites , made war on them under the leadership of King Philip , in 1675 . Among the incidents of that war , and as showing the temper of the colonists , may be ...
... force until the Wampanoags , weary of encroachments on their lands by the whites , made war on them under the leadership of King Philip , in 1675 . Among the incidents of that war , and as showing the temper of the colonists , may be ...
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... force of 10,000 , and captured . He was almost im- mediately paroled , and placed in command of a camp at St. Louis . After a few months in this capacity , fearing that he would not be returned to active service , he resigned his ...
... force of 10,000 , and captured . He was almost im- mediately paroled , and placed in command of a camp at St. Louis . After a few months in this capacity , fearing that he would not be returned to active service , he resigned his ...
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... force with which it struck my mind , and the dangerous condition which the country was in , by courting an impossible and an unnatural reconciliation her , instead of striking out into the only line that could save her a Declaration of ...
... force with which it struck my mind , and the dangerous condition which the country was in , by courting an impossible and an unnatural reconciliation her , instead of striking out into the only line that could save her a Declaration of ...
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... force had been born , and it was beyond the power of nobles and kings to undo what the author - hero had done . To avoid arrest and probable death , Paine left England . He had sown with brave hand the seeds of thought , and he knew ...
... force had been born , and it was beyond the power of nobles and kings to undo what the author - hero had done . To avoid arrest and probable death , Paine left England . He had sown with brave hand the seeds of thought , and he knew ...
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... force , priests to fraud . Mr. Conway has written in regard to the Age of Reason the most impressive and the most interesting chapter in his book . Paine contended for the rights of the in- dividual , for the jurisdiction of the soul ...
... force , priests to fraud . Mr. Conway has written in regard to the Age of Reason the most impressive and the most interesting chapter in his book . Paine contended for the rights of the in- dividual , for the jurisdiction of the soul ...
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Página 431 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Página 431 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Página 431 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it continue until all the wealth...
Página 241 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself: since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Página 135 - ... the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Página 405 - 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 431 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease when, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding.
Página 453 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 427 - The course here indicated will be followed unless current events and experience shall show a modification or change to be proper...
Página 425 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the southern states, that, by the accession of a Republican administration, their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension.