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I do not know whether to attribute the Mayor's disgraceful conduct to his confused notion of his official duties , or to a cowardly unwillingness to perform what he knew well enough to be his duty . A superficial observer of the press ...
I do not know whether to attribute the Mayor's disgraceful conduct to his confused notion of his official duties , or to a cowardly unwillingness to perform what he knew well enough to be his duty . A superficial observer of the press ...
Page 115
Wherever men's thoughts influence their laws , it is the duty of the pulpit to preach politics . If it were possible to conceive of a community whose opinions had no influence on their government , there the pulpit would have no ...
Wherever men's thoughts influence their laws , it is the duty of the pulpit to preach politics . If it were possible to conceive of a community whose opinions had no influence on their government , there the pulpit would have no ...
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Mr. Seward says , " The first object of every human society is safety " ; I think the first duty of society is JUSTICE . Alexander Hamilton said , " Justice is the end of gov ernment . It is the end of civil society .
Mr. Seward says , " The first object of every human society is safety " ; I think the first duty of society is JUSTICE . Alexander Hamilton said , " Justice is the end of gov ernment . It is the end of civil society .
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