The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1929 |
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Page 130
... citizens are to be sold for slaves , to pay that expense . This man , these men , I see , and no law to save them . Fellow citizens , this crime will not be hushed up any longer . I have learned that a citizen of Nantucket , walking in ...
... citizens are to be sold for slaves , to pay that expense . This man , these men , I see , and no law to save them . Fellow citizens , this crime will not be hushed up any longer . I have learned that a citizen of Nantucket , walking in ...
Page 131
... citizens of each State shall be enti- tled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States . " If such a damnable outrage can be committed on the person of a citizen with impunity , let the Governor break the broad ...
... citizens of each State shall be enti- tled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States . " If such a damnable outrage can be committed on the person of a citizen with impunity , let the Governor break the broad ...
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... citizen . Next to the private man , I value the primary assembly , met to watch the govern- ment and to correct it . That is the theory of the American State , that it exists to execute the will of the citizens , is always responsible ...
... citizen . Next to the private man , I value the primary assembly , met to watch the govern- ment and to correct it . That is the theory of the American State , that it exists to execute the will of the citizens , is always responsible ...
Contents
THE LORDS SUPPER | 1 |
HISTORICAL DISCOURSE | 27 |
LETTER TO PRESIDENT | 90 |
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