American Statesmen: An Interpretation of Our History and HeritageOrchard Hill Press, 1927 - 364페이지 |
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... accepted , din- ing repeatedly at Major Clarke's , and Washington promptly took the small - pox . Though speedily re- covering , he was pockmarked , in consequence , for life . Returning , Lawrence was no better ; and indeed , he died a ...
... accepted , din- ing repeatedly at Major Clarke's , and Washington promptly took the small - pox . Though speedily re- covering , he was pockmarked , in consequence , for life . Returning , Lawrence was no better ; and indeed , he died a ...
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... accepted ; but to be relieved of subordination to British sub - officers , jour- neyed in state to Boston , to see General Shirley , in The journey to command of the British forces . He stopped , on the Boston . way , at Philipse Manor ...
... accepted ; but to be relieved of subordination to British sub - officers , jour- neyed in state to Boston , to see General Shirley , in The journey to command of the British forces . He stopped , on the Boston . way , at Philipse Manor ...
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... accepted it and did the best he could with it . He was a severe but just slave- master , getting the best results possible out of the uneconomic slave labor . Among his slaves and hired laborers were carpenters , masons , wheelwrights ...
... accepted it and did the best he could with it . He was a severe but just slave- master , getting the best results possible out of the uneconomic slave labor . Among his slaves and hired laborers were carpenters , masons , wheelwrights ...
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... accepted the proposal and ap- Commander - in- pointed him . Washington was very modest about Chief . Attitude in accepting . accepting : he wished a better man had been chosen ; but , appointed , he would accept , on condition that he ...
... accepted the proposal and ap- Commander - in- pointed him . Washington was very modest about Chief . Attitude in accepting . accepting : he wished a better man had been chosen ; but , appointed , he would accept , on condition that he ...
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... accepting Lord Howe's offer of amnesty . Even mem- bers of the Continental Congress gave up hope . Not so , George Washington : at this darkest hour , he wrote to his brother in Virginia : " You can form no idea of the perplexity of my ...
... accepting Lord Howe's offer of amnesty . Even mem- bers of the Continental Congress gave up hope . Not so , George Washington : at this darkest hour , he wrote to his brother in Virginia : " You can form no idea of the perplexity of my ...
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44 페이지 - It serves always to distract the Public Councils and enfeeble the Public administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another; foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
316 페이지 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
44 페이지 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you, in the most solemn manner, against the baneful effects of the .spirit of party generally.
318 페이지 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
296 페이지 - I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
109 페이지 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
200 페이지 - Not only the wealth but the independence and security of a country appear to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufactures. Every nation, with a view to those great objects, ought to endeavor to possess within itself, all the essentials of national supply.
68 페이지 - We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle...
118 페이지 - THAT NO MAN SHALL BE COMPELLED to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever...
105 페이지 - It was my great good fortune, and what probably fixed the destinies of my life, that Dr. William Small of Scotland was then Professor of Mathematics, a man profound in most of the useful branches of science, with a happy talent of communication, correct and gentlemanly manners, and an enlarged and liberal mind.