Speech of Ephraim Banks, Esq., of Mifflin: Delivered in the Convention, to Amend the Constitution of Pennsylvania, December 22, 1837. In Support of an Amendment to Prohibit Banks from Issuing Notes of a Less Denomination Than Ten Dollars, as Offered by Mr. Read of SusquehannaJ. Wilbank, 1838 - 15 sidor |
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... institutions ten or despised . His morals are relaxed ; and salutary principles of his education are forgot- he adopts a pliant system of ethics which will not impede his progress in the acquisition of wealth . The love of gain ...
... institutions ten or despised . His morals are relaxed ; and salutary principles of his education are forgot- he adopts a pliant system of ethics which will not impede his progress in the acquisition of wealth . The love of gain ...
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... institutions , how should we be a friend to commerce ? All the world know that nothing promotes individual wealth with such astonishing rapi- dity as commerce ; and we have heretofore shown the consequences that inevitably flow from the ...
... institutions , how should we be a friend to commerce ? All the world know that nothing promotes individual wealth with such astonishing rapi- dity as commerce ; and we have heretofore shown the consequences that inevitably flow from the ...
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... institutions ; it vibrated contiually between the hands of the patrician and plebeian opponents ; yet from this chaos of contention there arose - heroes , sages , gods upon earth ! Now if we contem- plate this same people under the ...
... institutions ; it vibrated contiually between the hands of the patrician and plebeian opponents ; yet from this chaos of contention there arose - heroes , sages , gods upon earth ! Now if we contem- plate this same people under the ...
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... institutions of society , by the precepts and examples of seniors and guardians , he becomes initiated in wickedness ; and , as advancement and prosperity in life de- pend upon the exercise of dissimulation and cunning , he conceals his ...
... institutions of society , by the precepts and examples of seniors and guardians , he becomes initiated in wickedness ; and , as advancement and prosperity in life de- pend upon the exercise of dissimulation and cunning , he conceals his ...
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... institutions , and No hook to hang a quirk on . having contrasted these blessings with the miserable enjoyments of the naked , half - starv- ed shivering Indians , he felt the same envious malignity in his breast which Satan is said to ...
... institutions , and No hook to hang a quirk on . having contrasted these blessings with the miserable enjoyments of the naked , half - starv- ed shivering Indians , he felt the same envious malignity in his breast which Satan is said to ...
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Sida 9 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Sida 113 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Sida 80 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Sida 41 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Sida 2 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Sida 40 - And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
Sida 10 - Yet, Freedom ! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind; Thy trumpet voice, though broken now and dying, The loudest still the tempest leaves behind; Thy tree hath lost its blossoms, and the rind...
Sida 7 - Take the wings Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings —yet the dead are there...
Sida 23 - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator...
Sida 6 - ... of the mutual and solemn pledge to protect and defend each other, given by the states respectively, on entering into the constitutional compact, which formed the union and as such are a manifest breach of faith, and a violation of the most solemn obligations, moral and religious.