The Political Writings of Rufus ChoateAn orator of great renown, a congressman, senator, and colleague of Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate was a strong proponent of protective tariffs to assist domestic industry. |
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... considerations must also inform the benevolence of nations . According to the Times , Choate told his audience that " the same sentiment which prescribes this form of love to man prescribes with equal authority that a nation 6. Matthews ...
... considerations must also inform the benevolence of nations . According to the Times , Choate told his audience that " the same sentiment which prescribes this form of love to man prescribes with equal authority that a nation 6. Matthews ...
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... consideration ; of molding it into a vast and indestructible whole , obeying a common will , vivified by a common life , identified by a single soul ; strangest it is , I say , of all that is strange , we have moralists , sophists ...
... consideration ; of molding it into a vast and indestructible whole , obeying a common will , vivified by a common life , identified by a single soul ; strangest it is , I say , of all that is strange , we have moralists , sophists ...
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... consideration of difference of opinion or in deference to other men's judgment . If their perspicacious vision enables them to detect a spot on the face of the sun , they think that a good rea- son why the sun should be struck down from ...
... consideration of difference of opinion or in deference to other men's judgment . If their perspicacious vision enables them to detect a spot on the face of the sun , they think that a good rea- son why the sun should be struck down from ...
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... consideration of the practical issues at stake in an undertaking so staggeringly immense in scope was sheer foolishness . The real tragedy from Choate's point of view was that the antislavery agita- tion that was creating such tension ...
... consideration of the practical issues at stake in an undertaking so staggeringly immense in scope was sheer foolishness . The real tragedy from Choate's point of view was that the antislavery agita- tion that was creating such tension ...
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