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... appears in the writings of St. Augustine , where may also be found the thought that consent is the basis of government and that obedience to bad laws can be refused . The influence of Augustine through the Middle Ages serves to connect ...
... appears in the writings of St. Augustine , where may also be found the thought that consent is the basis of government and that obedience to bad laws can be refused . The influence of Augustine through the Middle Ages serves to connect ...
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... appears in the present volume . • Prof. William MacDonald , of Brown University , read a paper on A Neglected Point of View in American Colonial History . He declared that in spite of the great activity in publication and investigation ...
... appears in the present volume . • Prof. William MacDonald , of Brown University , read a paper on A Neglected Point of View in American Colonial History . He declared that in spite of the great activity in publication and investigation ...
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... appear in his narrative - and which flows on to our own day . In this interrelation of incidents , successive or simultaneous , history has a continuity in which consists its utility as a teaching power , resting upon experience . To ...
... appear in his narrative - and which flows on to our own day . In this interrelation of incidents , successive or simultaneous , history has a continuity in which consists its utility as a teaching power , resting upon experience . To ...
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... appear distinctly to himself what is the central figure of the whole , the predominance of which before teacher and reader must be preserved throughout . That central figure may indeed be the conflict of two opposites , as in the long ...
... appear distinctly to himself what is the central figure of the whole , the predominance of which before teacher and reader must be preserved throughout . That central figure may indeed be the conflict of two opposites , as in the long ...
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... appears to me that these observations , of the validity of which I am per- suaded , are especially necessary at the present day . The accuracy of the historian , unquestionably his right arm of service , seems now in danger of fettering ...
... appears to me that these observations , of the validity of which I am per- suaded , are especially necessary at the present day . The accuracy of the historian , unquestionably his right arm of service , seems now in danger of fettering ...
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Page 244 - States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution. and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired: and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 155 - States, and from the list of such persons each party shall alternately strike out one, the petitioners beginning, until the number shall be reduced to thirteen ; and from that number not less than...
Page 269 - The Western States (I speak now from my own observation) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way.
Page 107 - Legislation; to negative all laws passed by the several States, contravening in the opinion of the National Legislature the articles of Union; and to call forth the force of the Union against any member of the Union failing to fulfill its duty under the articles thereof.
Page 106 - Piracies & felonies on the high seas, captures from an enemy: cases in which foreigners or Citizens of other States applying to such jurisdictions may be interested, or which respect the collection of the National revenue; impeachments of any national...
Page 155 - ... to appoint, by joint consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question...
Page 156 - ... lodged among the acts of congress for the security of the parties concerned: provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath to be administered by one of the judges of the supreme or superior court of the state, where the cause shall be tried, "well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favour, affection or hope of reward:" provided also that no state shall be deprived of territory for the benefit...
Page 300 - It is agreed that no change of territorial sovereignty or of the international relations of the country or countries traversed by the before-mentioned Canal shall affect the general principle of neutralization or the obligation of the High Contracting Parties under the present Treaty.
Page 407 - That it is the sentiment of this legislature that the charter of the Bank of the United States ought not to be renewed.
Page 156 - ... as they may respect such lands and the States which passed such grants, are adjusted, the said grants, or either of them, being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the United States, be finally determined, as near as may be, in the same manner as is before prescribed for deciding disputes respecting territorial jurisdiction between different States.