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... nature , to say the least , is confessedly imperfect . The collision of separate and opposite interests will ever produce confusion . What men strongly desire they will strive with ardour to obtain - and if , in the chase of the honors ...
... nature , to say the least , is confessedly imperfect . The collision of separate and opposite interests will ever produce confusion . What men strongly desire they will strive with ardour to obtain - and if , in the chase of the honors ...
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... not forget , that as all men are brethren , of one blood , of one parentage , of one nature , all are entitled alike and equally to the same measure of justice , and kindness , and humanity . He will revolt at the 12.
... not forget , that as all men are brethren , of one blood , of one parentage , of one nature , all are entitled alike and equally to the same measure of justice , and kindness , and humanity . He will revolt at the 12.
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... nature has established , or the institutions of society have sanctioned . Equal- ity of rights may remain amidst all the varieties of condition , and talents , and acquisitions , and character . It stands opposed to exclusive privileges ...
... nature has established , or the institutions of society have sanctioned . Equal- ity of rights may remain amidst all the varieties of condition , and talents , and acquisitions , and character . It stands opposed to exclusive privileges ...
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... nature we all come into being upon equal terms ; equally helpless , equally dependent , and equally objects of the complacency and the care of our common parent . But , no sooner are we born into the world , than more circumstances ...
... nature we all come into being upon equal terms ; equally helpless , equally dependent , and equally objects of the complacency and the care of our common parent . But , no sooner are we born into the world , than more circumstances ...
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... natural enemies , rather than as brethren of one great family ; but it has been unacknowledged and unthought of in the relation that subsists between the government and the citizens of the same state . How long were christians in coming ...
... natural enemies , rather than as brethren of one great family ; but it has been unacknowledged and unthought of in the relation that subsists between the government and the citizens of the same state . How long were christians in coming ...
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Page 21 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Page 23 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 10 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 6 - ... and It is further ordered, That where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Page 6 - If it were a matter of wrong, or ' wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should ' bear with you : but if it be a question of words and ' names, and of your law, look ye to it ; for I will be no
Page 1 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 6 - Wherefore that here we may briefly end : of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world...
Page 6 - ... that learning may not be buried in the grave of our fathers in the church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors — It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 6 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 1 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.