American Republic: A Dramatization of the History of the United States in Six ActsSturdy Company, 1919 - 85 Seiten |
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... President . Time : July , 1776 . ( After rise of curtain Mr. Jefferson makes a motion to ap- point a Committee of five to draft a Declaration of Independ- This motion is seconded by John Adams . The motion is then put in due form and is ...
... President . Time : July , 1776 . ( After rise of curtain Mr. Jefferson makes a motion to ap- point a Committee of five to draft a Declaration of Independ- This motion is seconded by John Adams . The motion is then put in due form and is ...
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... President : I have the honor to report that your Committee recommends the adoption of the fol- lowing Declaration of Independence : ( Reads . ) When in the course of human events , it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the ...
... President : I have the honor to report that your Committee recommends the adoption of the fol- lowing Declaration of Independence : ( Reads . ) When in the course of human events , it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the ...
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... President : I am in favor of the Declara- tion of Independence because it contains one of the grandest propositions that any system of government can build upon , and that is : All men are created equal . " Supposed Speech of Benjamin ...
... President : I am in favor of the Declara- tion of Independence because it contains one of the grandest propositions that any system of government can build upon , and that is : All men are created equal . " Supposed Speech of Benjamin ...
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... President : We are about to decide the great- est question that has ever been debated in America , and a greater , perhaps , never was nor never will be decided among men . When I look back through the series of political events and ...
... President : We are about to decide the great- est question that has ever been debated in America , and a greater , perhaps , never was nor never will be decided among men . When I look back through the series of political events and ...
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... President : I value the love of my country as I ought , but I value my country more , and I desire this illustrious assembly to witness the integrity if not the policy of my conduct . " I am opposed to the adoption of the Declaration of ...
... President : I value the love of my country as I ought , but I value my country more , and I desire this illustrious assembly to witness the integrity if not the policy of my conduct . " I am opposed to the adoption of the Declaration of ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 68 - For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see — Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be'; Saw the heavens...
Seite 16 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Seite 57 - ... now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure we are met on a great battlefield of that war we have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live...
Seite 16 - If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in...
Seite 7 - 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 52 - Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon that basis? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it Now, in my view of the present aspect of affairs, there need be no bloodshed or war.
Seite 83 - Certainly all those who have framed written Constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be that an act of the Legislature repugnant to the Constitution is void...
Seite 52 - Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights would be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance.
Seite 84 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich ; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Seite 64 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...