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... Jefferson was about to take place . Davis took more than the ordinary interest of a foreigner in the occurrence , because , as he says , Mr. Jefferson's notes on Virginia was the book that first taught me to think ; and my heart now ...
... Jefferson was about to take place . Davis took more than the ordinary interest of a foreigner in the occurrence , because , as he says , Mr. Jefferson's notes on Virginia was the book that first taught me to think ; and my heart now ...
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... Jefferson's coming to the Senate to take the oath of office , he says : The politeness of a member from Virginia , procured me a convenient seat in the Capitol ; and an hour after , Mr. Jefferson entered the House , when the august ...
... Jefferson's coming to the Senate to take the oath of office , he says : The politeness of a member from Virginia , procured me a convenient seat in the Capitol ; and an hour after , Mr. Jefferson entered the House , when the august ...
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... Jefferson . He describes the " Mammoth Cheese " as it was known , as being of the " circumference of the hindmost - wheel of a wag- gon . " 17 Evidently , Davis was inspired to write a poem about the " Mammoth Cheese . " In a letter to ...
... Jefferson . He describes the " Mammoth Cheese " as it was known , as being of the " circumference of the hindmost - wheel of a wag- gon . " 17 Evidently , Davis was inspired to write a poem about the " Mammoth Cheese . " In a letter to ...
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... Jefferson , and accordingly he inserted at the beginning of the work his own letter to Jefferson and Jefferson's reply regarding the dedication . Davis wrote : Sir , Banks of the Occoquan , August 31 , 1801 . In frequent journeyings ...
... Jefferson , and accordingly he inserted at the beginning of the work his own letter to Jefferson and Jefferson's reply regarding the dedication . Davis wrote : Sir , Banks of the Occoquan , August 31 , 1801 . In frequent journeyings ...
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... Jefferson . The preface which followed is sufficiently interesting , on ac- count of the respects in which Davis asserts that his book is dif- ferent from , and superior to , most volumes of travels , and the expectations of fame which ...
... Jefferson . The preface which followed is sufficiently interesting , on ac- count of the respects in which Davis asserts that his book is dif- ferent from , and superior to , most volumes of travels , and the expectations of fame which ...
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Seite 93 - The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
Seite 57 - While acting as their Representative, I shall be governed by their will on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing what their will is ; and upon all others I shall do what my own judgment teaches me will best advance their interests.
Seite 101 - The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.
Seite 37 - I long to hear that you have declared an independency — and by the way, in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
Seite 102 - He has created a false public sentiment by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women, by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society, are not only tolerated, but deemed of little account in man.
Seite 37 - And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could.
Seite 56 - To the Editor of the Journal: In your paper of last Saturday, I see a communication, over the signature of "Many Voters," in which the candidates who are announced in the Journal, are called upon to "show their hands.
Seite 102 - He has monopolized nearly all the profitable employments, and from those she is permitted to follow she receives but a scanty remuneration. He closes against her all the avenues to wealth and distinction which be considers most honorable to himself. As a teacher of theology, medicine or law, she is not known. He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education, all colleges being closed against her.
Seite 56 - Voters" in which the candidates who are announced in the Journal are called upon to 'show their hands.' Agreed. Here's mine: "I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).
Seite 14 - I said, my friend, in the administration of a State neither a woman as a woman, nor a man as a man has any special function, but the gifts of nature are equally diffused in both sexes ; all the pursuits of men are the pursuits of women also, and in all of them a woman is only a weaker man.