The Quarterly Review, Band 111John Murray, 1862 |
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... 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 Kingdom upwards of 300 rail- way companies , leasing and leased , working and ...
... 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 Kingdom upwards of 300 rail- way companies , leasing and leased , working and ...
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... position , and with unpunc- tuality . As the traffic upon all railways is of a mixed character , and as goods - trains , mineral - trains , and cattle - trains cannot be made to keep time absolutely , any more than passenger - trains ...
... position , and with unpunc- tuality . As the traffic upon all railways is of a mixed character , and as goods - trains , mineral - trains , and cattle - trains cannot be made to keep time absolutely , any more than passenger - trains ...
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... positions when a signal is lowered to allow a train to pass ; and that the signals cannot be so lowered until the points have been first turned in the right direction . A signalman is thus pre- vented from making any mistake which can ...
... positions when a signal is lowered to allow a train to pass ; and that the signals cannot be so lowered until the points have been first turned in the right direction . A signalman is thus pre- vented from making any mistake which can ...
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... positions in which they are placed , at the part between the chair and the sleeper , where strength is most required ; and experience has amply shown that they ought never to be trusted on curves , because they are apt to be cut off by ...
... positions in which they are placed , at the part between the chair and the sleeper , where strength is most required ; and experience has amply shown that they ought never to be trusted on curves , because they are apt to be cut off by ...
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... 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 therefore not made the ...
... 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 therefore not made the ...
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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.