A Comparative View of the Constitutions of Great Britain and the United States of America: In Six Lectures |
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... Opinions of American statesmen respecting the British constitution LECTURE V. LAW RELIGION . Judicial institutions of England adopted by the Ameri- cans - Juries - Independence of judges -- The supreme court of the United States - Can ...
... Opinions of American statesmen respecting the British constitution LECTURE V. LAW RELIGION . Judicial institutions of England adopted by the Ameri- cans - Juries - Independence of judges -- The supreme court of the United States - Can ...
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... opinions was towards republicanism . Religion was a subject of earnest con- sideration with them , and they had taken a deep interest in the theological controversies of that period . The settlers in New England were Puritans , a name ...
... opinions was towards republicanism . Religion was a subject of earnest con- sideration with them , and they had taken a deep interest in the theological controversies of that period . The settlers in New England were Puritans , a name ...
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... the succeeding age , but many even in their own day , who politically entertained opinions far narrower than theirs . " - Dr. ARNOLD'S Introductory Lectures on Modern History . published in 1698 , says : " There were more LECTURE I.
... the succeeding age , but many even in their own day , who politically entertained opinions far narrower than theirs . " - Dr. ARNOLD'S Introductory Lectures on Modern History . published in 1698 , says : " There were more LECTURE I.
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... opinions , and the near approach to equality in condition , which existed in those colonies , prepared them for democratic institutions . Their governors and other public func- tionaries were chosen by the people , and the elective ...
... opinions , and the near approach to equality in condition , which existed in those colonies , prepared them for democratic institutions . Their governors and other public func- tionaries were chosen by the people , and the elective ...
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... opinion that the Americans , on the pretext of seeking a redress of grievances , contemplated absolute independence . The Americans , on the other hand , too hastily con- cluded that the arbitrary acts of the government were the ...
... opinion that the Americans , on the pretext of seeking a redress of grievances , contemplated absolute independence . The Americans , on the other hand , too hastily con- cluded that the arbitrary acts of the government were the ...
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Page 140 - What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Page 10 - Was it the winter's storm, beating upon the houseless heads of women and children ; was it hard labor and spare meals ; was it disease ; was it the tomahawk ; was it the deep malady of a blighted hope- a ruined enterprise, and a broken heart, aching in its last moments, at the recollection of the loved and left beyond the sea ; was it some, or all of these united, that hurried this forsaken company to their melancholy fate...
Page 58 - But authoritative instructions; mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly to obey, to vote, and to argue for, though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience, these are things utterly unknown to the laws of this land, and which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenor of our Constitution.
Page 178 - Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Page 9 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc. Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 64 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to change...
Page 153 - It is a melancholy truth that a suppression of the press could not more completely deprive the nation of its benefits than is done by its abandoned prostitution to falsehood. Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.
Page 122 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 148 - The state of civil society, which necessarily generates this aristocracy, is a state of nature; and much more truly so than a savage and incoherent mode of life. For man is by nature reasonable ; and he is never perfectly in his natural state, but when he is placed where reason may be best cultivated, and most predominates.
Page 166 - But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth ? is not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as he that serveth.