...upon faith in human nature. "The sacred rights of mankind," fervently exlaimed Alexander Hamilton, " are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of Divinity itself." That was the sublime faith ia which this century began. The world...

...charters. It was retorted that New York had no charter. " The sacred rights of mankind," he rejoined, " are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...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 power. Civil liberty...

...charters. It was retorted that New York had no charter. " The sacred rights of mankind," he rejoined, " are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...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 power. Civil liberty...

...charters. It was retorted that New York had no charter. . " The sacred rights of mankind," he rejoined, " are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...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 power. Civil liberty...

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...WEBSTER** (1N "AMERICAN STATESMEN " SERIES), AND "STUDIES IN HISTORY" "The &acred right* of mank1nd are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, 1n the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the Divinity itself, and can never be erased or...

...Hamilton, one of the founders of the Republic, said, are not to he rummaged for among parchments. ' 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 power.' The time...

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...honorable friend the Chairman of the Committee will remember, to the Tory farmer of Westchester : " The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or dusty records. They are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of...

...stand on any mere human authority, however high, the framer of the American constitution proceeded : " The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged...can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." How justly Knox conceived the true character of the chief personage of the Revolution, even at its...