Democracy in America, Band 15Colonial Press, 1899 |
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... land was held on any other than a feudal tenure , and personal property began in its turn to confer influence and power , every improvement which was introduced in commerce or manufacture was a fresh element of the equality of condi ...
... land was held on any other than a feudal tenure , and personal property began in its turn to confer influence and power , every improvement which was introduced in commerce or manufacture was a fresh element of the equality of condi ...
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... land and water , mountains and val- leys . A simple , but grand , arrangement is discoverable amidst the confusion of objects and the prodigious variety of scenes . This continent is divided , almost equally , into two vast regions ...
... land and water , mountains and val- leys . A simple , but grand , arrangement is discoverable amidst the confusion of objects and the prodigious variety of scenes . This continent is divided , almost equally , into two vast regions ...
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... land , the French formerly called this river the St. Louis . The Indians , in their pompous language , have named it the Father of Waters , or the Missis- sippi . The Mississippi takes its source above the limit of the two great regions ...
... land , the French formerly called this river the St. Louis . The Indians , in their pompous language , have named it the Father of Waters , or the Missis- sippi . The Mississippi takes its source above the limit of the two great regions ...
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... land was the cradle of those English colonies which were destined one day to become the United States of America . The centre of power still re- mains here ; whilst in the backwoods the true elements of the great people to whom the ...
... land was the cradle of those English colonies which were destined one day to become the United States of America . The centre of power still re- mains here ; whilst in the backwoods the true elements of the great people to whom the ...
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... land occupied by these tribes is not very distant from Behring's Strait , which allows of the supposition , that at a remote period they gave in- habitants to the desert continent of America . But this is a point which has not yet been ...
... land occupied by these tribes is not very distant from Behring's Strait , which allows of the supposition , that at a remote period they gave in- habitants to the desert continent of America . But this is a point which has not yet been ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
administration advantages affairs Ameri American amongst Anglo-Americans aristocracy Atlantic Ocean authority body cause central citizens civil colonies condition conduct confederate consequences Constitution Court of Sessions courts of justice dangers democracy Democracy in America democratic derived despotism elected emigrants England equal established Europe European evil executive government executive power exercise existence favorable February 20 Federal Government France frequently functionaries habits human increase independence Indians individual influence inhabitants institutions interests judges judicial power jury labor land lative laws Laws of Massachusetts legislation legislature less liberty magistrate majority manners means ment midst moral nation natural negroes never North North America obliged opinion parties passions perceive political population possession present President principles prosperity public officers race religion representatives republican republics slavery slaves social society South sovereignty spirit TEIRESIAS territory tion town township tribunals Union United universal suffrage whilst
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 33 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 234 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Seite 439 - The American struggles against the obstacles that nature opposes to him; the adversaries of the Russian are men. The former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter civilization with all its arms. The conquests of the American are therefore gained by the plowshare; those of the Russian by the sword.
Seite 439 - There are at the present time, two great nations in the world which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points; I allude to the Russians and the Americans.
Seite 312 - And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function...
Seite 38 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Seite 32 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Seite 1 - Amongst the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of condition among the people.
Seite 306 - States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the whole world in which the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America...
Seite 150 - It is a just observation, that the people commonly intend the PUBLIC GOOD. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense would despise the adulator who should pretend that they always reason right about the means of promoting it. They know from experience that they sometimes err; and the wonder is that they so seldom err as they do, beset, as they continually are, by the wiles of parasites and sycophants, by the snares of the ambitious, the avaricious, the desperate...