THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR MUSTY RECORDS. THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL... The True History of the American Revolution - Page 149by Sydney George Fisher - 1902 - 437 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Hamilton - United States - 1842 - 512 pages
...important privileges of the rest. There is no need, however, of this plea. THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR...IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER. The nations of Turkey, Russia,... | |
| Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1848 - 498 pages
...forth in a strain of bold and thrilling eloquence. " The sacred rights of mankind," were his words, " are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...the hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." He insisted on the duty of resistance, pointed out the 18 means and certainty... | |
| American periodicals - 1848 - 742 pages
...mankind,' were his words, ' are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records ; they ai-e written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human...the hand of DIVINITY itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.' He insisted on the duty of resistance, pointed out the means and certainty... | |
| Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1850 - 514 pages
...important privileges of the rest. There is no need, however, of this plea. THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR...IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER. The nations of Turkey, Russia,... | |
| Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1850 - 510 pages
...however, of this plea. THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OB MUSTY RECORDS. THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATUKE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER. The... | |
| George E. Baker - 1855 - 436 pages
...authority, however high, the framer of the American constitution proceeded, " The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...a sunbeam in the whole volume of •human nature, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." How justly Knox conceived the true character... | |
| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 432 pages
...Hamilton, the brilliant Statesman and financier, tells us that — '' The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." Again, in 1774, addressing... | |
| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...Alexander Hamilton, the brilliant Statesman and financier, tells us that — " The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." Again, in 1774, addressing... | |
| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 440 pages
...Alexander Hamilton, the brilliant Statesman and financier, tells us that — " The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by tho hand of the Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." Again, in 1774,... | |
| John Church Hamilton - United States - 1857 - 610 pages
...SACRED RIGHTS op MANKIND, WHICH ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS, OR MUSTY RECORDS 1 THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OP THE DlVIJdTY ITSELF, AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED oR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER." Having closed the argument... | |
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