Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the Best Authorities, and Systematically Arranged for Use in Home and School, Volume 2Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar D. Appleton, 1910 |
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... unit of value . The gold coins must consist of pure gold and alloy . The annual coinage of the world is estimated to be : Gold , $ 455,427,085 ; silver , $ 172,270,379 ; Great Britain's aggregate share being $ 56,772,093 . The domestic ...
... unit of value . The gold coins must consist of pure gold and alloy . The annual coinage of the world is estimated to be : Gold , $ 455,427,085 ; silver , $ 172,270,379 ; Great Britain's aggregate share being $ 56,772,093 . The domestic ...
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... unit , however , he retains his posi- tion as its responsible head , and is perma- nently attached to it . York , planned the campaign against Canada . Colonial Sys'tem , restriction of trade between a mother country and its colonies to ...
... unit , however , he retains his posi- tion as its responsible head , and is perma- nently attached to it . York , planned the campaign against Canada . Colonial Sys'tem , restriction of trade between a mother country and its colonies to ...
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... unit of combat . " The strength of the com- pany of cavalry ( troop ) and of artillery ( bat- tery ) is determined by the same considerations . In the European armies of to - day the compa- nies are much larger , giving fewer officers ...
... unit of combat . " The strength of the com- pany of cavalry ( troop ) and of artillery ( bat- tery ) is determined by the same considerations . In the European armies of to - day the compa- nies are much larger , giving fewer officers ...
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... Unit'ed , patriotic so- ciety organized at New Orleans , June 10 , 1889 . Its purpose is strictly social , literary , histor- ical , and benevolent . Its constitution says that it " will endeavor to unite in a general federa- tion all ...
... Unit'ed , patriotic so- ciety organized at New Orleans , June 10 , 1889 . Its purpose is strictly social , literary , histor- ical , and benevolent . Its constitution says that it " will endeavor to unite in a general federa- tion all ...
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... Unit'ed States , organic law of the union of the states . The first con- stitution was the Articles of Confederation , adopted during the War of the Revolution . This proved inefficient for the accomplishment of the objects of the union ...
... Unit'ed States , organic law of the union of the states . The first con- stitution was the Articles of Confederation , adopted during the War of the Revolution . This proved inefficient for the accomplishment of the objects of the union ...
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Página 69 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Página 156 - He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies, without the consent of our legislature. He has affected to render the military independent of, and superior to; the civil power. He has combined, with others, to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation.
Página 223 - They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the Negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Página 156 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Página 69 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Página 69 - X. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. ARTICLE XI. The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.
Página 336 - And being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water ; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Página 156 - In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Página 156 - STEPHEN HOPKINS, WILLIAM ELLERY. CONNECTICUT. ROGER SHERMAN, SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, OLIVER WOLCOTT. NEW YORK. WILLIAM FLOYD, PHILIP LIVINGSTON, FRANCIS LEWIS, LEWIS MORRIS. NEW JERSEY. RICHARD STOCKTON, JOHN WITHERSPOON, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRAHAM CLARK. PENNSYLVANIA. ROBERT MORRIS, BENJAMIN RUSH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEORGE CLYMER, JAMES SMITH, GEORGE TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEORGE ROSS.
Página 56 - Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts. they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things. Things being investigated. knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified.