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... liberty , however precious , would prove inadequate of itself , without the cultivation of piety and virtue -- and that , deprived of the salutary restraints of religion , intel- lectual liberty but panders for the passions - they ...
... liberty , however precious , would prove inadequate of itself , without the cultivation of piety and virtue -- and that , deprived of the salutary restraints of religion , intel- lectual liberty but panders for the passions - they ...
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... liberty - nor because one ty- rant falls , that the liberty of a nation is necessarily established . True liberty is built on real virtue , not that alone , which MONTESQUIEU establishest as the principle of republican government , and ...
... liberty - nor because one ty- rant falls , that the liberty of a nation is necessarily established . True liberty is built on real virtue , not that alone , which MONTESQUIEU establishest as the principle of republican government , and ...
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... liberty . It is a liberty to pursue any course of thought , judgment , action , whether relating to our persons , property , performance of relative or civil du- ties , which is approved by nature and reason , and can be reconciled with ...
... liberty . It is a liberty to pursue any course of thought , judgment , action , whether relating to our persons , property , performance of relative or civil du- ties , which is approved by nature and reason , and can be reconciled with ...
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... LIBERTY . The degree of liberty which any people enjoy , depends immediately upon the nature of their government , and the manner in which it is administered ; for notwithstand- ing the dreams of some political enthusiasts , there is ...
... LIBERTY . The degree of liberty which any people enjoy , depends immediately upon the nature of their government , and the manner in which it is administered ; for notwithstand- ing the dreams of some political enthusiasts , there is ...
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... LIBERTY , IT ALSO SECURES AND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE ; THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY . 1. It provides for the safety of our lives . This it does , in all cases where they are not for- feited by crime . And in every case where we may be accused ...
... LIBERTY , IT ALSO SECURES AND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE ; THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY . 1. It provides for the safety of our lives . This it does , in all cases where they are not for- feited by crime . And in every case where we may be accused ...
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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 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.