The Quarterly Review, Band 111John Murray, 1862 |
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... look forward , and , with a view to the public benefit , to scan the present position of affairs , and to cull only from the experience of former years the ideas that will best serve for future guidance . There are now in the United ...
... look forward , and , with a view to the public benefit , to scan the present position of affairs , and to cull only from the experience of former years the ideas that will best serve for future guidance . There are now in the United ...
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... look - out from their engines . They have an additional inducement to resort to stimulants , and even an excuse for excess ; and they return to duty after their hours of rest , scarcely more fit for their work than when they left it ...
... look - out from their engines . They have an additional inducement to resort to stimulants , and even an excuse for excess ; and they return to duty after their hours of rest , scarcely more fit for their work than when they left it ...
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... look - out ahead for signals and obstructions ; and this is quite as much as they can do properly . When they are travelling at speed , the rattle of the engine and train and the rapid rate at which they pass through the atmosphere ...
... look - out ahead for signals and obstructions ; and this is quite as much as they can do properly . When they are travelling at speed , the rattle of the engine and train and the rapid rate at which they pass through the atmosphere ...
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... look - out along the carriages during the Journey . This system was commenced in 1853 , in conse- quence of an accident to a train in the early part of that year which occasioned the death of a director of the company and injury to five ...
... look - out along the carriages during the Journey . This system was commenced in 1853 , in conse- quence of an accident to a train in the early part of that year which occasioned the death of a director of the company and injury to five ...
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... look - out man in that position , are - 1 . That in a fog , or in the dark , he may be quite ignorant of mischief going on in the middle of a train , or near the hind end of it . 2. That he is not available as a breaks- man , and is ...
... look - out man in that position , are - 1 . That in a fog , or in the dark , he may be quite ignorant of mischief going on in the middle of a train , or near the hind end of it . 2. That he is not available as a breaks- man , and is ...
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Seite 253 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Seite 241 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Seite 245 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Seite 241 - I now reiterate these sentiments ; and, in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of which the case is susceptible, that the property, peace, and security of no section are to be in anywise endangered by the now incoming administration.
Seite 241 - I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution — which amendment, however, I have not seen— has passed Congress, to the effect that the federal government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service.
Seite 347 - DISCIPLINE THROW away Thy rod, Throw away Thy wrath : 0 my God, Take the gentle path. For my heart's desire Unto Thine is bent : 1 aspire To a full consent. Not a word or look I affect to own, But by book, And Thy book alone.
Seite 270 - Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into and entitled to all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Seite 254 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Seite 186 - ... we are living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish that great end — to which indeed all history points — the realisation of the unity of mankind. Not a unity which breaks down the limits and levels the peculiar characteristics of the different nations of the earth, but rather a unity the result and product of those very national varieties and antagonistic qualities.
Seite 250 - But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.