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... virtue should begin in childhood ; the American public school should be the nursery of American patriotism . The vast outlay by the states of money for the schools , aggregating about one hundred and fifty millions of dollars annually ...
... virtue should begin in childhood ; the American public school should be the nursery of American patriotism . The vast outlay by the states of money for the schools , aggregating about one hundred and fifty millions of dollars annually ...
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... virtue ; that is the noblest , the sublimest of all public virtues ! Personal or private cour- age is totally distinct from that higher and nobler courage which prompts the patriot to offer himself a voluntary sacri- fice to his ...
... virtue ; that is the noblest , the sublimest of all public virtues ! Personal or private cour- age is totally distinct from that higher and nobler courage which prompts the patriot to offer himself a voluntary sacri- fice to his ...
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... virtue is cultivated , freedom prevails through the whole , and the public good is the object of every one's concern . - Jonathan Mason . The sentiment of patriotism is not merely associated with the clods of the valley which gave us ...
... virtue is cultivated , freedom prevails through the whole , and the public good is the object of every one's concern . - Jonathan Mason . The sentiment of patriotism is not merely associated with the clods of the valley which gave us ...
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... virtues . The patriot is influenced by love for his fellow men and an ardent desire to preserve sacred and inviolate their natural rights . His philanthropic views , not confined to the small circle of his private friends , are so ...
... virtues . The patriot is influenced by love for his fellow men and an ardent desire to preserve sacred and inviolate their natural rights . His philanthropic views , not confined to the small circle of his private friends , are so ...
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... virtue in a nation , than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country . --Joseph Addison . Every act of noble sacrifice to the country , every instance of patriotic devotion to her cause , has its beneficial ...
... virtue in a nation , than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country . --Joseph Addison . Every act of noble sacrifice to the country , every instance of patriotic devotion to her cause , has its beneficial ...
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Page 339 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Page 107 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we...
Page 339 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 343 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 340 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page 150 - Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope.
Page 211 - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Page 333 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 168 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Page 153 - I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper, ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.