The North American Review, Volume 119Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1874 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... theory , which has for its basis the dual forces that generated the universe , and the five elements which profess to compre- hend all forms of matter , but omit the atmosphere . Of the nature of these elements his text - book gives the ...
... theory , which has for its basis the dual forces that generated the universe , and the five elements which profess to compre- hend all forms of matter , but omit the atmosphere . Of the nature of these elements his text - book gives the ...
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... theory disagreeing with the Chief Justice , were practically in perfect accord with him , and on the whole this may probably be looked back upon as the golden age of constitutional gov- ernment in America . Not that the old Virginia ...
... theory disagreeing with the Chief Justice , were practically in perfect accord with him , and on the whole this may probably be looked back upon as the golden age of constitutional gov- ernment in America . Not that the old Virginia ...
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... theory , it is a meeting of the members of a party in the district where the election is to be held , to select some man on whom they can unite ; and in order to secure united action , the minority is considered pledged to abide by the ...
... theory , it is a meeting of the members of a party in the district where the election is to be held , to select some man on whom they can unite ; and in order to secure united action , the minority is considered pledged to abide by the ...
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... theories , at considerable length and with unquestioning confidence , neither of them having the least doubt of his competence as a judge , and each claiming to settle the whole controversy beyond a peradventure . Both these men are ...
... theories , at considerable length and with unquestioning confidence , neither of them having the least doubt of his competence as a judge , and each claiming to settle the whole controversy beyond a peradventure . Both these men are ...
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... theory as to the descent of man by an overmastering fear lest man should lose , otherwise , his proud position in the creation . Thus , he says in the first lecture : " If Mr. Darwin is right , if man is either the lineal or lateral ...
... theory as to the descent of man by an overmastering fear lest man should lose , otherwise , his proud position in the creation . Thus , he says in the first lecture : " If Mr. Darwin is right , if man is either the lineal or lateral ...
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Page 33 - ... absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free government. The people ought, consequently, to have a particular attention to all those principles, in the choice of their officers and representatives: and they have a right to require of their lawgivers and magistrates an exact and constant observance of them, in the formation and execution of the laws necessary for the good administration of the commonwealth.
Page 39 - I understand him to maintain, that the ultimate power of judging of the constitutional extent of its own authority is not lodged exclusively in the general government, or any branch of it; but that, on the contrary, the States may lawfully decide for themselves, and each State for itself, whether, in a given case, the Act of the general government transcends its power.
Page 457 - The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of " The Thirty Years
Page 225 - The Principles of Mental Physiology. With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions.
Page 37 - ... for these objects, it is supreme. It can, then, in effecting these objects, legitimately control all individuals or governments within the American territory. The constitution and laws of a state, so far as they are repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely void. These states are constituent parts of the United States. They are members of one great empire. — for some purposes sovereign, for some purposes subordinate.
Page 74 - I may be positive in, — that the power of abstracting is not at all in them; and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to.
Page 36 - That this assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact, to which the States alone are parties...
Page 36 - States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, .and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 105 - J'ai perdu jusqu'à la fierté Qui faisait croire à mon génie. Quand j'ai connu la Vérité, J'ai cru que c'était une amie ; Quand je l'ai comprise et sentie, J'en étais déjà dégoûté . Et pourtant elle est éternelle, Et ceux qui se sont passés d'elle Ici-bas ont tout ignoré. Dieu...
Page 39 - I understand the honorable gentleman from South Carolina to maintain, that it is a right of the state legislatures to interfere, whenever, in their judgment, this government transcends its constitutional limits, and to arrest the operation of its laws.