THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR MUSTY RECORDS. THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL... History of American Literature - Página 64de Reuben Post Halleck - 1911 - 431 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Bernard H. Siegan - 356 páginas
...impossible that an impolitic or wicked measure should pass the scrutiny with success.119 a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of...itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power."120 Subsequently, in 1 796, Hamilton in his capacity as a private attorney wrote in a brief... | |
| E. M. Halliday - 2009 - 306 páginas
...easily matched Jefferson's, and now and then he got off a passage that almost echoed the Virginian: "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged...parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be... | |
| Scott McDermott - 2002 - 380 páginas
...communication, from a priest, for example, nor was it purely literary. Hamilton remarked, famously, that "the sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged...in the whole volume of human nature by the Hand of Divinity itself and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." On July 19, Congress resolved... | |
| Lawrence S. Kaplan - 2002 - 220 páginas
...He then swept away legal arguments with colorful language: "There is no need, however, of this plea: The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged...parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of divinity itself, and can never be erased... | |
| Andrew Michael Manis - 2002 - 244 páginas
...underscored by a lengthy quotation from Alexander Hamilton: "The Sacred rights of mankind... are written... by the hand of the Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. That is what is called the law of nature, which, being co-equal with mankind, and dictated by God himself,... | |
| Forrest Church - 2003 - 196 páginas
...God's work and majesty. A year before the American Revolution commenced, Alexander Hamilton wrote, "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged...in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." Looking back on the Declaration... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources - 2003 - 138 páginas
...the sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged about among old parchments or must records, but they are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume...and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. What we are addressing here today are the sacred rights of these six tribes. Our history has not always... | |
| Arianna Huffington - 2003 - 256 páginas
...justice exists, and that its origin is divine. "The sacred rights of mankind," as Hamilton put it, "are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of Divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." Jefferson agreed: "Can the liberties... | |
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