The American Commonwealth: The party system. Public opinion. Illustrations and reflections. Social institutionsMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... body . They transmit the motive power , they determine the directions in which the organs act . A description of them is therefore a necessary complement to an account of the Constitution and government ; for it is into the hands of the ...
... body . They transmit the motive power , they determine the directions in which the organs act . A description of them is therefore a necessary complement to an account of the Constitution and government ; for it is into the hands of the ...
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... body in its own local area looks after the objects of common con- cern , raising and administering any such funds as are needed , and is interfered with as little as possible by any external power , comes nearest to the ideal of a truly ...
... body in its own local area looks after the objects of common con- cern , raising and administering any such funds as are needed , and is interfered with as little as possible by any external power , comes nearest to the ideal of a truly ...
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... body of hesitating and semi - detached politicians put forward a third . Thus the Republicans through the divisions of their oppo- nents triumphed in the election of Abraham Lincoln , presently followed by the secession of eleven slave ...
... body of hesitating and semi - detached politicians put forward a third . Thus the Republicans through the divisions of their oppo- nents triumphed in the election of Abraham Lincoln , presently followed by the secession of eleven slave ...
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... body it becomes useless , fetid , pestiferous it is fit to be cast out or buried from sight . What life is to an organism , principles are to a party . When they which are its soul have vanished , its body ought to dissolve , and the ...
... body it becomes useless , fetid , pestiferous it is fit to be cast out or buried from sight . What life is to an organism , principles are to a party . When they which are its soul have vanished , its body ought to dissolve , and the ...
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... body : such a body is a party . If you ask an ordinary Northern Democrat to characterize the two parties , he will tell you that the Republicans are cor- rupt and incapable , and will cite instances in which persons prominent in that ...
... body : such a body is a party . If you ask an ordinary Northern Democrat to characterize the two parties , he will tell you that the Republicans are cor- rupt and incapable , and will cite instances in which persons prominent in that ...
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Página 16 - Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, Ere human statute purg'd the gentle weal ; Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear. The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Página 713 - Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Página 247 - England — of that great compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs, which is called public opinion...
Página 338 - Israel to rouse the people out of their self-complacency, to refresh their moral ideals, to remind them that the life is more than meat, and the body more than raiment, and that to whom much is given of them shall much also be required.
Página 311 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Página 658 - So far from thinking their commonwealth godless, the Americans conceive that the religious character of a government consists in nothing but the religious belief of the individual citizens, and the conformity of their conduct to that belief.
Página 644 - To prohibit sectarian instruction, but to have taught in the University the immortality of the soul, the existence of an all-wise and benevolent Creator, and that obedience to His laws is the highest duty of man.
Página 13 - Tenets and policies, points of political doctrine and points of political practice have all but vanished. They have not been' thrown away, but have been stripped away by time and the progress of events, fulfilling some policies, blotting out others. All has been lost, except office or the hope of it.
Página 705 - It may seem a paradox to observe that a millionaire has a better and easier social career open to him in England than in America. ... In America, if his private character be bad, if he be mean or openly immoral, or personally vulgar, or dishonest, the best society may keep its doors closed against him.
Página 13 - ... country as seriously involving its welfare? This is what a European is always asking of intelligent Republicans and intelligent Democrats. He is always asking because he never gets an answer. The replies leave him in deeper perplexity.