...mankind,' wrote Hamilton in phrases eminently characteristic of his school, ' are not to be rummaged from among old parchments or musty records. They are written,...in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.' 19 On 24 December 1774 Seabury...

...leading men to the sepulchre of precedents." l " The sacred rights of mankind," declared Hamilton, " 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." 2 " From whatever standpoint...

...Indian boy, Alexander Hamilton, cried with the bright ardor of conviction: "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." James Otis, the fiery tongue of the early Revolution,...

...not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, on the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by human power. That is what is called the law of nature, which, being coeval with mankind...

...warm of heart, "the sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for amid old parchments or rusty records. They are Written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature, and they can never be erased or obscured by human power." The voice of Otis rang across the sea with...

...upon faith in human nature. "The sacred rights of mankind," fervently exclaimed Alexander Hamilton, "are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...of human nature, by the hand of Divinity itself." That was the sublime faith in which this century began. The world stared and sneered — the difficulties...

...nation when opposing the arbitrary assumptions of King George the Third: "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." The most absorbing question of our day is to...

...are not to be rummaged for among old parchments and musty records," declared this wonderful boy; " they are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume...human nature, by the hand of Divinity itself, and no mortal power can erase or obscure them." As he went on, ardent and glowing with youthful fire, describing...

...democracy in a letter written to a fanner in 1775. He said : " The sacred rights of mankind, are not rummaged for among old parchments or musty records....with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature . . . and cannot be erased or obscured by mortal power." There is a universal longing among mankind...

...Said Alexander Hamilton: "The sacred rights of man are not to be searched for in old documents and musty records. They are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of Tinman nature by the hand of divinity itself and can never be erased by mortal power. " And so the...