Democracy in America, Volume 1J. & H.G. Langley, 1841 - Democracy |
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... Origin of the Anglo - Americans , and its Importance in Relation to their future Condition 26 Reasons of certain Anomalies which the Laws and Customs of the Anglo- Americans present 44 CHAPTER III . Social Condition of the Anglo ...
... Origin of the Anglo - Americans , and its Importance in Relation to their future Condition 26 Reasons of certain Anomalies which the Laws and Customs of the Anglo- Americans present 44 CHAPTER III . Social Condition of the Anglo ...
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... origin but at the same time they differed from all other known races of men : * they were neither white like the Europeans , nor yellow like most of the Asiatics , nor black like the negroes . Their skin was reddish brown , their hair ...
... origin but at the same time they differed from all other known races of men : * they were neither white like the Europeans , nor yellow like most of the Asiatics , nor black like the negroes . Their skin was reddish brown , their hair ...
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... origin , their destiny , their history , and how they perished , no one can tell . How strange does it appear that nations have existed , and after- ward so completely disappeared from the earth , that the remem- brance of their very ...
... origin , their destiny , their history , and how they perished , no one can tell . How strange does it appear that nations have existed , and after- ward so completely disappeared from the earth , that the remem- brance of their very ...
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Alexis de Tocqueville. CHAPTER II . ORIGIN OF THE ANGLO - AMERICANS AND ITS IMPORTANCE , IN RELATION TO THEIR FUTURE CONDITION . Utility of knowing the Origin of Nations in order to understand their social Condition and their Laws ...
Alexis de Tocqueville. CHAPTER II . ORIGIN OF THE ANGLO - AMERICANS AND ITS IMPORTANCE , IN RELATION TO THEIR FUTURE CONDITION . Utility of knowing the Origin of Nations in order to understand their social Condition and their Laws ...
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... origin , time had already obscured it , or ignor- ance and pride adorned it with truth - concealing fables . America is the only country in which it has been possible to study the natural and tranquil growth of society , and where the ...
... origin , time had already obscured it , or ignor- ance and pride adorned it with truth - concealing fables . America is the only country in which it has been possible to study the natural and tranquil growth of society , and where the ...
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Page 252 - If we remain one people, under an efficient ' government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of ^making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Page 35 - 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 34 - 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.
Page 293 - Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.
Page 337 - And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function...
Page 252 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 35 - God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 118 - The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the state governments, are numerous and indefinite.
Page 304 - If I were asked where I place the American aristocracy, I should reply without hesitation that it is not composed of the rich, who are united by no common tie, but that it occupies the judicial bench and the bar.
Page 471 - The American struggles against the natural obstacles which oppose him; the adversaries of the Russian are men; the former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter, civilization with all its weapons and its arts: the conquests of the one are therefore gained by the ploughshare; those of the other by the sword.