The Young American: A Civic ReaderMaynard, Merrill & Company, 1897 - 244 páginas |
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... FEDERAL REPUBLIC , . 95 VIII . AMERICAN HOME RULE , . 109 ⚫ IX . THE LAW - MAKERS , . 119 X. HOW LAWS ARE ENFORCED , . 126 XI . THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET , ..137 XII . HOW LAWS ARE ENFORCED IN THE STATES , . 167 XIII . JUDGE AND JURY ...
... FEDERAL REPUBLIC , . 95 VIII . AMERICAN HOME RULE , . 109 ⚫ IX . THE LAW - MAKERS , . 119 X. HOW LAWS ARE ENFORCED , . 126 XI . THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET , ..137 XII . HOW LAWS ARE ENFORCED IN THE STATES , . 167 XIII . JUDGE AND JURY ...
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... federal courts . He wrote . Hail , Columbia ! " in 1798 , when there was danger of a war with France . The popular excitement at that time was very great . The young navy was sent to sea to guard our merchant ships , and preparations ...
... federal courts . He wrote . Hail , Columbia ! " in 1798 , when there was danger of a war with France . The popular excitement at that time was very great . The young navy was sent to sea to guard our merchant ships , and preparations ...
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... tears like those of spring . For them we wear these trusty arms , And lay them down no more Till we have driven the Briton Forever from our shore . CHAPTER VII A Federal Republic 1. What a Constitution Is 94 THE YOUNG AMERICAN.
... tears like those of spring . For them we wear these trusty arms , And lay them down no more Till we have driven the Briton Forever from our shore . CHAPTER VII A Federal Republic 1. What a Constitution Is 94 THE YOUNG AMERICAN.
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A Civic Reader Harry Pratt Judson. CHAPTER VII A Federal Republic 1. What a Constitution Is . We remember that a government is chosen by the people to do the public busi- ness . But when some men are chosen to make laws ... FEDERAL REPUBLIC,
A Civic Reader Harry Pratt Judson. CHAPTER VII A Federal Republic 1. What a Constitution Is . We remember that a government is chosen by the people to do the public busi- ness . But when some men are chosen to make laws ... FEDERAL REPUBLIC,
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... federal government , or , which is the same thing , the national government . 7. The place where the laws are made is called the capital . The capital of the United States is the city of Washington - named for the hero of the ...
... federal government , or , which is the same thing , the national government . 7. The place where the laws are made is called the capital . The capital of the United States is the city of Washington - named for the hero of the ...
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Página 68 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, and my heart, to this vote.
Página 34 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, . ' Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Página 20 - Their blood has washed out their foul footstep's pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave...
Página 85 - Mr President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Página 54 - Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear; — They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free.
Página 35 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Página 135 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Página 145 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead.
Página 81 - Venerable men, you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered! The same heavens are, indeed, over your heads; the same ocean rolls at your feet; but all else, how changed!
Página 54 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free! The ocean eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's foam; And the rocking pines of the forest roared — This was their welcome home ! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band: Why had they come to wither there.