A Voice to America; Or, the Model Republic, Its Glory, Or Its Fall: With A Review of the Causes of the Decline and Failure of the Republics of South AMichigan Publishing, 1855 - 412 páginas This book, "A Voice to America Or, The Model Republic, Its Glory, Or Its Fall," by Thomas Bangs Thorpe, is a replication of a book originally published before 1855. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. |
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... king of men . He possesses all the powerful and commanding nature of the Anglo - Saxon , the clear , cool head , the sober , calculating mind , the regard for law , the obstinate adherence to justice ; but fused and fired by the pure ...
... king of men . He possesses all the powerful and commanding nature of the Anglo - Saxon , the clear , cool head , the sober , calculating mind , the regard for law , the obstinate adherence to justice ; but fused and fired by the pure ...
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... king , as the fountain of all right and power . He was their lord and master — the ultimate owner of all the soil in the kingdom ; and this was a grant - forced , it is true , but still a grant - from his grace and favor , allowing the ...
... king , as the fountain of all right and power . He was their lord and master — the ultimate owner of all the soil in the kingdom ; and this was a grant - forced , it is true , but still a grant - from his grace and favor , allowing the ...
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... KING OF KINGS . It vindicated the dignity of our nature . It rested upon this one inextinguishable truth , which never has been , and never can be wholly eradicated from the human heart , placed as it is in the very core and centre of ...
... KING OF KINGS . It vindicated the dignity of our nature . It rested upon this one inextinguishable truth , which never has been , and never can be wholly eradicated from the human heart , placed as it is in the very core and centre of ...
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... king . In his devotional retirement , he prayed with convulsions , and groans , and tears . He was half maddened by glorious or terrible illusions . He heard the lyres of angels , or the tempting whispers of fiends . He caught a gleam ...
... king . In his devotional retirement , he prayed with convulsions , and groans , and tears . He was half maddened by glorious or terrible illusions . He heard the lyres of angels , or the tempting whispers of fiends . He caught a gleam ...
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... king was Codrus , who by a voluntary sacrifice of his life rescued Attica from the inroads of the Dorians , in 1068. The period of the Archons lasted till the year 752 B. C. From that time until 682 no remarkable events occurred ...
... king was Codrus , who by a voluntary sacrifice of his life rescued Attica from the inroads of the Dorians , in 1068. The period of the Archons lasted till the year 752 B. C. From that time until 682 no remarkable events occurred ...
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action American Anglo-Saxon asserted authority become called cause century character Church citizens civil claim common Constitution course danger demanded despotism duty England entire equal established Europe existence fact faith fear feeling followed force foreign freedom give Greece hands heart hold hope human hundred idea ignorance important independence individual influence institutions intelligent interests Italy king land laws less liberty lives means ment mind moral native nature never object once operation opinions organization party passed patriotism political Pope popular population possession practical present priests principles privileges Protestant race reason religion religious remain republic result Roman Rome Romish secret secure sentiment society spirit success things thought thousand tion true truth union United virtue whole
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Página 301 - ... the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Página 303 - The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits and political principles. You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together ; the independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint counsels and joint efforts, of common dangers, sufferings and successes.
Página 298 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Página 304 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Página 249 - Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Página 24 - If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers and poets, they were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them.
Página 262 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Página 23 - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute.
Página 24 - ... before heaven and earth were created, to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account.
Página 303 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.