... deterrent to the growth ofthe order in the East was the organization of two Granges
among the commission men and the grain dealers of Boston and New York, under the aegis of that clause of
the constitution ... most ofthe other States ofthe Union and even for the national regulation of railroads
through the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Supreme Court ofthe United States was the theater for the ... the incident.
The year 1873 is important in the annals ofthe Grange because it marks the retirement ofthe "founders" from
power. In January of that year, at the sixth session of the...
... brought with them the books and the habits ofthe reader and scholar of their
day. They were superior to those ofthe second and third generation in the breadth of their ideas and in the
vigor and ... their children; they disapproved of
the lax Dutch observance of Sunday and saw in the temptations ofthe place a menace to the habits and morals
of the younger members ofthe flock, and, in the ... derelictions of duty to the iniquity ofthe times rather
than to any evil intention ofthe heart. Then declaring that the chief aim ofthe charter was liberty of
conscience, the King struck at the very...
... with one another the
weapons of their common stock. The advance was made in the middle ofthe night, but at this season of the
year the whole {60} scene was brilliant with the light ofthe midnight ... land offered nothing to their search, the air was moderate and the weather singularly mild. The broad sheet
of open water, ofthe very colour ofthe ocean itself, buoyed up their hopes ofthe ... opportunity of alleviating the extreme
hunger that I suffered with the refuse ofthe table of one of my acquaintances.
At the end ofthe month (December 1770), they reached the woods, a thick growth of...
... importance" ofthe implications of this case for the future ofthe Republic,
contrasted the frivolity ofthe charges brought against Chase with the magnitude ofthe
crimes of which Warren Hastings ... of their posts; and it is
"armed with the tremendous weapons" which slay legislation. And if the voice ofthe
Church was the voice of God, so the voice ofthe Court is the voice of ... from the doctrine ofthe separation of
powers—that, while the function of making new law belongs to the legislative branch
of the Government, that of expounding the standing law, of which the...
... perusal ofthe
record is the inability of members to appreciate the importance ofthe issues. Much of
the tedious and pointless character of their speeches may be ascribed to the lack ofthe
personal ... disposition of two state governments, and the
efficacy ofthe provisions of their respective laws. And security of other States and the
money of all are at the discretion of one. These things ... picked off the gunners until the artillery
was silenced; then the Indians rushed in and seized the guns. In the combat there were
both conspicuous exploits of valor and disgraceful scenes of cowardice....
... duties of
office. The Constitution provides that “in case ofthe removal ofthe
President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to
discharge the powers and duties ofthe said office, ... from the effects ofthe wound on the
19th of September. Meanwhile, the contest in the New York
Legislature continued until the 22d of July when the deadlock was
broken by the election of Warner ... message opened with the statement that “ever since the
beginning ofthe present session ofthe Senate, the different heads of
the departments attached to the executive branch ofthe government
have...
... small thewar would have broken out just
the same, the parties and their claims, intentions, and positions being what they are. To find the causes of the
war we must seek the motives ofthe combatants, ... appreciate the point of view ofthe other man.
What Lever pointed out during the early stages ofthe Franco-German war has come to pass. The Standard of
forty years ago is the British press of to-day, ... always be an eyesore to the Mistress ofthe seas, in other words, "a threat to the peace
of the world."
The warof armaments cannot be ended by the disarming ofthe German people. To...
... to blame for their behaviour during the day.
The sons of liberty broke the windows of prominent loyalists; and the members ofthe Doric Club completely
wrecked {72} the office ofthe Vindicator ... factors the undisciplined
state ofthe loyalists, the darkness ofthe night, the vicinity of woods, and the proximity ofthe boundary-line,
{92} beyond which he did not allow the pursuit to go. The ... side of the
church, and the 32nd and 83rd on the other. Some ofthe rebels ran out and fired at the troops, then threw
down their arms and begged for quarter. Our officers tried to save the {99}...
... period in the garret of Tom
Dawes's house. "There they smoke tobacco till you cannot see from one end ofthe garret to the other. There
they drink flip, I suppose, and there they choose ... to
estimate the value of colonies in terms of what they could buy, and not merely, as of old, in terms of what
they could sell. From this point of view, the superiority ofthe continental over the insular ... till midnight ofthe last day ofthe month of any such
announcement. The official release date of all Project Gutenberg Etexts is at Midnight, Central Time, of the
last day ofthe stated month....
... to send them to the other side ofthe globe. At a time when the British and the
Dutch East India companies insolently claimed a monopoly ofthe trade ofthe Orient,
No less devout were the merchants ...
during the greater part ofthe eighteenth century. Yet with an immense tenacity of
purpose, these briny forefathers increased their trade and multiplied their ships in the
face of every manner of ... reason they literally
battled hand-to-hand, hulls grinding against each other, the gunners scorched by the
flashes ofthe cannon in the ports ofthe opposing ship, with scarcely room to ply the...
... urging them to it; you would have thought they were setting out for the
Olympian games.
It was the same with the young men on the other side ofthe Rhine, and there as here, they were escorted by
their ... first of joys? Brothers ofthe world, which of you envies the others or would deprive
them of this just happiness? What have we to do with the ambitions and rivalries, covetousness, and ills of the
mind, ... leave to the future the image of a sort of bugaboo Cronos, or of his Olympian son whom
Christ superseded. Your ideal of humanity is the highest rung ofthe ladder, the announcement ofthe new
god...