American Opinions on the "Alabama,": And Other Political QuestionsB. Quaritch, 1870 - 75 էջ |
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... institutions became the frequent topic of conversation . Various grave charges were brought against the people of the United States , and these charges were not always consistent with each other . It was said that we were not content ...
... institutions became the frequent topic of conversation . Various grave charges were brought against the people of the United States , and these charges were not always consistent with each other . It was said that we were not content ...
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... institutions ; nor that the political character of England has been in a great measure the result of her in- sular position ; nor that the political necessities of France have for the last hundred years been greatly determined by popu ...
... institutions ; nor that the political character of England has been in a great measure the result of her in- sular position ; nor that the political necessities of France have for the last hundred years been greatly determined by popu ...
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... a most absurd and illogical institution , and no one has more keenly satirised its theoretical constitution than British writers , especially Thackeray . And yet all writers on politics agree that among the primary objects of a good.
... a most absurd and illogical institution , and no one has more keenly satirised its theoretical constitution than British writers , especially Thackeray . And yet all writers on politics agree that among the primary objects of a good.
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... institutions , as we esteem them . THE SYNTHETIC CHARACTER OF THE UNITED STATES .. Let it be borne in mind that these sparse settlements thus esta- blished on the Atlantic coast of North America , two hundred and fifty years ago ...
... institutions , as we esteem them . THE SYNTHETIC CHARACTER OF THE UNITED STATES .. Let it be borne in mind that these sparse settlements thus esta- blished on the Atlantic coast of North America , two hundred and fifty years ago ...
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... as an example of a good government , exercised over an intelligent , industrious and virtuous people . Does any thoughtful republican imagine that the institutions of the United States could be successfully transported there ? Hol-
... as an example of a good government , exercised over an intelligent , industrious and virtuous people . Does any thoughtful republican imagine that the institutions of the United States could be successfully transported there ? Hol-
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Էջ 33 - I would rather be handed down to posterity as the builder of a dozen AlaIm-inas than as the man who applies himself deliberately to set class against class, and to cry up the institutions of another country which, when they come to be tested, are of no value whatever, and which reduce the very name of liberty to an utter absurdity.
Էջ 39 - If, through British intervention, the war was doubled in duration, or in any way extended, as cannot be doubted, then is England justly responsible for the additional expenditure to which our country was doomed; and whatever may be the final settlement of these great accounts, such must be the judgment in any chancery which consults the simple equity of the case.