An American BibleAlice Hubbard The Roycrofters, 1912 - 328 pages A collection of quotations from Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Robert Ingersoll, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Elbert Hubbard |
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Page 120
... idea of what govern- ment is , or ought to be , we must trace it to its origin . In doing this , we shall easily discover that govern- ments must have arisen , either out of the people or over the people . Governments arise , either out ...
... idea of what govern- ment is , or ought to be , we must trace it to its origin . In doing this , we shall easily discover that govern- ments must have arisen , either out of the people or over the people . Governments arise , either out ...
Page 133
... ideas associate with it ☛☛ HROUGH all the vocabulary of Adam , there is no such an animal as a duke or a count ; neither can we connect any idea to the words . Whether they mean strength or weakness , wisdom or folly , a child or a ...
... ideas associate with it ☛☛ HROUGH all the vocabulary of Adam , there is no such an animal as a duke or a count ; neither can we connect any idea to the words . Whether they mean strength or weakness , wisdom or folly , a child or a ...
Page 332
... idea of what he would do if he were God ; And that this idea changes as man changes ; And that man's conception of God's justice has sof- tened , refined , and become less severe than ever before ; And that all the love we know is man's ...
... idea of what he would do if he were God ; And that this idea changes as man changes ; And that man's conception of God's justice has sof- tened , refined , and become less severe than ever before ; And that all the love we know is man's ...
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