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... opinions are expressed or conclusions arrived at which are not fully justified by what is known . No attempt has been made to record , in Boswellian style , petty incidents and events in which Mr. Brown bore some part ; the intention ...
... opinions are expressed or conclusions arrived at which are not fully justified by what is known . No attempt has been made to record , in Boswellian style , petty incidents and events in which Mr. Brown bore some part ; the intention ...
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... opinions , and which I acquiesce in so long as they do not contravene the fundamental principles of " morality . " ( Vide letter to Mr. C. Bruce ) . Lord Elgin did mate- rially influence his council on the settlement of the clergy ...
... opinions , and which I acquiesce in so long as they do not contravene the fundamental principles of " morality . " ( Vide letter to Mr. C. Bruce ) . Lord Elgin did mate- rially influence his council on the settlement of the clergy ...
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... opinion respecting popular government . An intense hater of slavery , and a keen defender of the British constitutional system , no man was better adapted to shine as a newspaper editor or contributor . As a writer in the Albion , he ...
... opinion respecting popular government . An intense hater of slavery , and a keen defender of the British constitutional system , no man was better adapted to shine as a newspaper editor or contributor . As a writer in the Albion , he ...
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... opinion . The liberal party was in power , but liberal principles could hardly be said to be in the ascendancy , while the obstinate resistance to the principles of responsible government of the Governor - General , Sir Charles Metcalfe ...
... opinion . The liberal party was in power , but liberal principles could hardly be said to be in the ascendancy , while the obstinate resistance to the principles of responsible government of the Governor - General , Sir Charles Metcalfe ...
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... opinions will be maintained in the Globe , and a wider field afforded " for the expression of them , as it will be entirely devoted to secular " subjects . " The Banner was published by Mr. Brown , senior , for several years after the ...
... opinions will be maintained in the Globe , and a wider field afforded " for the expression of them , as it will be entirely devoted to secular " subjects . " The Banner was published by Mr. Brown , senior , for several years after the ...
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Page 186 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 182 - Know ye what I have done to you ? Ye call me Master and Lord : and ye say well ; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 355 - Treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to- be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty In return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII of this Treaty; and that any sum of money which the said Commissioners may so award shall be paid by the United States Government, in a gross sum, within twelve months after such award shall have been given
Page 21 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 355 - In case of the death, absence, or incapacity of any Commissioner, or in the event of any Commissioner omitting or ceasing to act, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided for making the original appointment, the period of three months in case of such substitution being calculated from the date of the happening of the vacancy.
Page 291 - Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth. that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 355 - XXI of this treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII of this treaty; and that any sum of money which the said Commissioners may so award shall be paid by the United States Government, in a gross sum, within twelve months after such award shall have been given.
Page 291 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Page 155 - And, when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, images and precious thoughts, That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.
Page 180 - Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God ; he riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments, and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.