Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States, Volume 2John Joseph Lalor Rand, McNally, 1883 - Economics |
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... square kilometres , but adding to them the more distant island of Corsica , with its 8,747.41 square kilometres , the area of the Euro- pean portion of the French republic is increased to 528,573.04 square kilometres . Excluding Cor ...
... square kilometres , but adding to them the more distant island of Corsica , with its 8,747.41 square kilometres , the area of the Euro- pean portion of the French republic is increased to 528,573.04 square kilometres . Excluding Cor ...
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... square kilometres in Europe and almost 4,400.000 square kilometres outside of Europe . While during the more than fifty years of his reign the European possessions of France were increased by Lorraine , in accordance with the ...
... square kilometres in Europe and almost 4,400.000 square kilometres outside of Europe . While during the more than fifty years of his reign the European possessions of France were increased by Lorraine , in accordance with the ...
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... square kilometres and 4,383 inhabitants ; altogether , 124,456 square kilometres , with 360,680 inhabitants . 4. In Oceanica : New Caledonia and the neighboring Loyalty islands , with 19,720 square kil- ometres and 59,200 inhabitants ...
... square kilometres and 4,383 inhabitants ; altogether , 124,456 square kilometres , with 360,680 inhabitants . 4. In Oceanica : New Caledonia and the neighboring Loyalty islands , with 19,720 square kil- ometres and 59,200 inhabitants ...
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... square kilometres ) , the smallest Seine ( 475.50 square kilometres ) , and the next smallest Rhône ( 2,790.39 square kilometres . ) — Administration of Justice . The administration of justice is presided over by a special minister of ...
... square kilometres ) , the smallest Seine ( 475.50 square kilometres ) , and the next smallest Rhône ( 2,790.39 square kilometres . ) — Administration of Justice . The administration of justice is presided over by a special minister of ...
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... square kilome- tre . But the great variations in numerical distri- bution will best be shown from the following : To one square kilometre the department of the Seine had , in 1872 , 4,667 inhabitants , Rhône 240 , Nord 255 , Lower Seine ...
... square kilome- tre . But the great variations in numerical distri- bution will best be shown from the following : To one square kilometre the department of the Seine had , in 1872 , 4,667 inhabitants , Rhône 240 , Nord 255 , Lower Seine ...
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Page 38 - Washington a department of education for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 330 - ... carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 74 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 84 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee.
Page 166 - Against us are the executive, the judiciary, two out of three branches of the legislature, all the officers of the government, all who want to be officers...
Page 327 - ... defied any man on earth to produce one single act of his since he had been in the government, which was not done on the purest motives ; that he had never repented but once the having slipped the moment of resigning his office, and that was every moment since...
Page 74 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 132 - The Congress is the legislative department of the government; the President is the executive department. Neither can be restrained in its action by the judicial department; though the acts of both, when performed, are, in proper cases, subject to its cognizance.
Page 290 - The theory of our governments, State and national, is opposed to the deposit of unlimited power anywhere. The executive, the legislative, and the judicial branches of these governments are all of limited and defined powers. There are limitations on such power which grow out of the essential nature of all free governments. Implied reservations of individual rights, without which the social compact could not exist, and which are respected by all governments entitled to the name.
Page 331 - And whereas the effects of a violation of neutrality committed by means of the construction, equipment, and armament of a vessel are not done away with by any commission which the government of the belligerent power, benefited by the violation of neutrality, may...