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... mean when they would hold up to us the value of the Union in protecting iron and cotton , and the decks of fishing ... means . They no more mistook it for liberty than we mistake the railroad which brings us to the city for the city we ...
... mean when they would hold up to us the value of the Union in protecting iron and cotton , and the decks of fishing ... means . They no more mistook it for liberty than we mistake the railroad which brings us to the city for the city we ...
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... means by which reforms could be carried through , it was the only means by which governments could be kept free . A people that is satisfied with the institutions it has gained , that worships the past and re- fuses to go forward , has ...
... means by which reforms could be carried through , it was the only means by which governments could be kept free . A people that is satisfied with the institutions it has gained , that worships the past and re- fuses to go forward , has ...
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... means , ought to mean , Bunker Hill in the Carolinas and Faneuil Hall in New Orleans . . . " 14 These are militant words , but typical of Phillips when he saw the freedom of the slave endangered . Then he became a fanatical and ...
... means , ought to mean , Bunker Hill in the Carolinas and Faneuil Hall in New Orleans . . . " 14 These are militant words , but typical of Phillips when he saw the freedom of the slave endangered . Then he became a fanatical and ...
Contents
The Revolutionary Tradition | 13 |
A New England Boyhood | 18 |
Harvard Days | 26 |
Copyright | |
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