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... senses ; if in the other , the fact will be sufficient th obvious . be de WHAT IS GOVERNMENT ? Government is both a science and an art . It is a scienc because the moral and economical principles upon which ought to be administered are ...
... senses ; if in the other , the fact will be sufficient th obvious . be de WHAT IS GOVERNMENT ? Government is both a science and an art . It is a scienc because the moral and economical principles upon which ought to be administered are ...
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... sense of change . A form of government is not like a garment , which can be changed at pleasure ; it is more like the skin , which can be removed only by slow and almost imperceptible processes of constitutional change . NO FORM OF ...
... sense of change . A form of government is not like a garment , which can be changed at pleasure ; it is more like the skin , which can be removed only by slow and almost imperceptible processes of constitutional change . NO FORM OF ...
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... sense , but not in a disparaging sense , empirical . Doubt- less we get our morals from Judea , our modes of thought from Greece , and the spirit and art of jurisprudence and legislation from Rome . But our morals are purer than those ...
... sense , but not in a disparaging sense , empirical . Doubt- less we get our morals from Judea , our modes of thought from Greece , and the spirit and art of jurisprudence and legislation from Rome . But our morals are purer than those ...
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... sense em- pirical , but a successful experiment is worth a thousand merely deductive arguments . A people's own successful administra- tion of its own affairs is the most satisfactory of all demonstra- tions . To ask any people to ...
... sense em- pirical , but a successful experiment is worth a thousand merely deductive arguments . A people's own successful administra- tion of its own affairs is the most satisfactory of all demonstra- tions . To ask any people to ...
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... sense , and also in an untruthful and most deceptive sense , which presents a most dangerous snare to Public Opinion . What is unity of nation- ality ? It does not necessarily imply unity of race , or unity of language , or unity of ...
... sense , and also in an untruthful and most deceptive sense , which presents a most dangerous snare to Public Opinion . What is unity of nation- ality ? It does not necessarily imply unity of race , or unity of language , or unity of ...
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American Opinions on the "Alabama," and Other Political Questions (Classic ... John W. Dwinelle No preview available - 2018 |
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aggregate agree Alabama claims Alabama to escape American Arbitrator or Umpire belligerency blockade body Britain Britannic Majesty British Government British ports British press citizens civilised claims commenced Commissioners Confederate Convention Court cruisers damages declared demands democratic discussion doubt election enacted England English English language executive exist expression fact favour feeling Fonvielle foreign form of government French Girondist GOLDWIN SMITH'S House of Commons injury institutions Ireland journalist judge judgment labour late civil legislation London Lord Clarendon Lord John Russell Majesty's government matter ment Minister municipal law national losses neutrality never newspaper Noir Parliament party person political possess present President Grant President Woolsey primary election Prince principles proclamation proposed treaty proposition public opinion public press published question racter rebellion recognised rejected republic republican result Reverdy Johnson Rochefort Secretary sentiment settlement sovereign SUMNER'S ARGUMENT term tion tonnage tons unfriendliness United unity of nationality vessels violation vote
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Page 60 - Treaty; and all claims, with the like exception, on the part of Corporations, Companies, or private individuals, subjects of Her Britannic Majesty , upon the Government of the United States...
Page 31 - I would rather be handed down to posterity as the builder of a dozen AlaIm-inas than as the man who applies himself deliberately to set class against class, and to cry up the institutions of another country which, when they come to be tested, are of no value whatever, and which reduce the very name of liberty to an utter absurdity.
Page 59 - Government as well as by its citizens. The injuries resulting to the United States by reason of the course adopted by Great Britain .during our late civil war...
Page 60 - The high contracting parties agree that all claims on the part of corporations, companies, or private individuals, citizens of the United States, upon the Government of her Britannic Majesty...