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...cember, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommenda...

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... commercial mart, renders them one of the most remarkable places of the present age. Within the distinct recollections of living men, they have grown from a city of the fifth or sixth class to be near the head of all the purely trading places of the known world. That there are sufficient causes for this unparalleled prosperity, will appear in the analysis of the natural ad...

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...d Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ... that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constituti... ...serve should be valued by the human family. Those liberties had been wrung from reluctant monarchs in many contests, in many countries, and were group... ...eople and in vin- dication of truths that will stand for their deliverance from monarchical rule, while time shall last. A French aristocrat of the pu... ...terials for a History of the United States of America, by Ebenezer Hasard. Philadelphia, 1792,” for a great number of docu- ments relating to the comm... ...enemies of the tariff, by means of the public prints, to send delegates to Philadelphia in order to consult together upon the means which were most fi... ...ccording to the American custom had taken the name of a Convention, met at Philadelphia; it consisted of more than two hundred members. Its debates we... ...ible to say what bounds could then be set to tyranny. Some of our European politicians expect to see an aristoc- racy arise in America, and they alrea... ...one. The general affairs of a country only engage the attention of leading politicians, who assemble from time to time in the same places; and as they...

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...ion. He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. They were admirable things for the observer--excellent for drawing the veil from men?s motives and actions. But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental r...

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.... They were admirable things for the observer — excellent for drawing the veil from men’s motives and actions. But for the trained reasoner to admit s... ...le memory. I had seen little of Holmes lately. My marriage had drifted us away from each other. My own complete happiness, and the home centred intere... ...d in our lodgings in Baker Street, buried among his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the d... ...DED LEAGUE: On account of the bequest of the late Ezekiah Hopkins, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U. S. A., there is now another vacancy open which entitle... ... politics, for he had evidently taken a strong part in opposing the carpet bag politicians who had been sent down from the North. “Well, it was the be... ... of purchasing one, as we have one belonging to my dear daughter Alice (now in Philadelphia), which would, I should think, fit you very well. Then, as ...

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...f water-carriage and a sea-port; secondly, that it might be so far removed from the sea-board as to be safe from invasion; and, thirdly, that it might... ... into our hands, and we burned it. As regards the third point, Washington, from the lie of the land, can hardly have been said to be centrical at any ... ...ng to the irregularities of the coast it is not easy of access by railways from different sides. Baltimore would have been far better. But as far as w... ...ities, and commerce has refused to back the general’s choice. New York and Philadelphia, without any political power, have become great among the citi... ... an un- swerving faith; and Fifth Avenue is calculated to inspire a faith. Philadelphia to a Philadelphian is the center of the universe; and the prog... ...phia to a Philadelphian is the center of the universe; and the progress of Philadelphia, perhaps, justi- fies the partiality. The same thing may be sa... ... so 58 North America V ol. 2 as to include the leaders among the Northern politicians. They never begrudged to these assistants a full share of the g... ... this there has undoubtedly been treachery as well as rebellion. Had these politicians been honest—though the political growth of Washington has hardl... ...owth of Washington has hardly admitted of political honesty— but had these politicians been even ordinarily respectable in their dishonesty, they woul...

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...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...Let us therefore study the incidents in this as philosophy to learn wisdom from and none of them as wrongs to be avenged…. Now that the election is ov... ...eive 5 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One of a man farther removed from baseness, farther removed from corruption, from mere self-seeking; but... ...out much malice, and have received a great deal of kindness not quite free from ridi- cule.” On Easter Day, 1865, the world knew how little this ridic... ...k, to Mr. Gilbert A. Tracy, of Putnam, Conn., Major William H. Lambert, of Philadelphia, and Mr. C. F. Gunther, of Chi- cago, to the Chicago Historica... ...he Robert Clarke Co., of Cincin- nati, and to the J. B. Lippincott Co., of Philadelphia. It is hardly necessary to add that every effort has been made... ...g judgment and his conscientious statement of the truth, but the practical politicians were also right in their predic- tion of the immediate effect. ... ... following, mainly from New York, New England, and the Northwest. Cautious politicians doubted seriously whether Seward, to whom some phrases in his s... ...ter than any other statesman of his time, for his prestige with the active politicians had been immensely strengthened by his triumphant re-election; ...

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...otes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ... in the Republic than I had, when I landed in America. I purposely abstain from extending these observations to any length. I have nothing to defend, ... ...y, with a modest yet most magnificent sense of its limited dimensions, had from the first opined would not hold more than two enormous portmanteaus in... ...and vivacity. Before descending into the bowels of the ship, we had passed from the deck into a long narrow apartment, not unlike a gigantic hearse wi... ...ny of the next one begins; which is an unspeak able comfort to all strong politicians and true lovers of their country: that is to say, to ninety nin... ...eads in infancy, and closes up the vista of our lives in age. CHAPTER VII —PHILADELPHIA, AND ITS SOLITARY PRISON THE JOURNEY FROM N EW Y ORK to Phil... ... ruinous conse quences, had cast (as I was told on every side) a gloom on Philadelphia, under the depressing effect of which it yet laboured. It cert... ...ing a large fortune by specula tions in corn, came over me involuntarily. Philadelphia is most bountifully provided with fresh water, which is shower... ...gh character and great abilities, I need not say. The foremost among those politicians who are known in Europe, have been already described, and I see...

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...ganization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation?and Nonadaptation? . . . in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation Administration 82 3.4 . . . and in t...

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...- cieties of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend ... ...alist Papers or will flatter themselves with fairer prospects of elevation from the subdivision of the empire into several partial con- federacies tha... ...om the subdivision of the empire into several partial con- federacies than from its union under one government. It is not, however, my design to dwell... ...best and wisest citizens have been constantly directed to that object. But politicians now appear, who in- sist that this opinion is erroneous, and th... ...ore wisely framed, they as with one voice, convened the late convention at Philadelphia, to take that important subject under consideration. This conv... ... short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government, have erroneous... ... moral and physical necessity. We might defy the little arts of the little politicians to control or vary the irresistible and unchange- able course o... ...delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of ... ... will be by which her federal representatives will be elected. The city of Philadelphia is supposed to contain between fifty and sixty thousand souls....

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...ess matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or trouble about the matter; all will be harmony. In relation to the ?coming events? about which Butler wrote you, I had not heard one word before I got your letter; but I have...

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...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...e University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material c... ...either Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or trouble about the matte... ...ey and property. They live in Boonville, Missouri, and have not been heard from lately enough for 4 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two me to s... ...Campbell of Spring Creek—(Berlin P .O.). He has received several documents from you, and he says they are old newspapers and documents, having no sort... ...ere it was essential to husband them for its own regular disbursements. In Philadelphia alone this drain averaged $5000 per quarter; and in other citi... ...BALD WILLIAMS. WASHINGTON, June 12, 1848. DEAR WILLIAMS:—On my return from Philadelphia, where I had been attending the nomination of “Old Rough,” (Za... ... yet even the navy is of some peculiar advantage to Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, beyond what it is to the interior towns... ...owed by friends, and the most dreaded by opponents, of all living American politicians. In all the great ques- tions which have agitated the country, ...

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...ers on England by Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...e University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material c... ...d with success in November, 1718. A few months later he was again banished from Paris, and finished the Henriade in his retirement, as well as another... ...n December, 1721, Voltaire visited Lord Bolingbroke, who was then an exile from England, at the Chateau of La Source. There was now constant literary ... ..., at the Chateau of La Source. There was now constant literary activ- ity. From July to October, 1722, Voltaire visited Holland with Madame de Rupelmo... ... country was then called Pennsylvania from William Penn, who there founded Philadelphia, now the most flourishing city in that country. The first step... ...ual is hardly found in a thousand years, is the truly great man. And those politicians and conquerors (and all ages produce some) were generally so ma...

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...s Publication The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...a provided yearly winter quar- ters for us, and Nauheim always received us from July to Septem- ber. You will gather from this statement that one of u... ... from this statement that one of us had, as the saying is, a “heart”, and, from the statement that my wife is dead, that she was the sufferer. Captain... ...th, the two months or so were only just enough to keep poor Florence alive from year to year. The reason for his heart was, approximately, polo, or to... ...inhabitants of Cranford, England, could have been. I myself am a Dowell of Philadelphia, Pa., where, it is historically true, there are more old Engli... ... for years. Florence’s aunts used to say that I must be the laziest man in Philadelphia. They had never been to Philadelphia and they had the New Engl... ... granted that you are an Episcopalian when really you are an old-fashioned Philadelphia Quaker. But these things have to be done; it is the cock that ... ...haps, they imagined that I wanted to buy a newspaper, for they were either politicians or reporters, which, of course, comes to the same thing. As a m...

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...thing for publication. At the age of nearly sixty-two I received an injury from a fall, which confined me closely to the house while it did not appare... ...he aid of my eldest son, F . D. Grant, assisted by his brothers, to verify from the records every statement of fact given. The comments are my own, an... ... occupied by descendants of his to this day. I am of the eighth generation from Mathew Grant, and sev- enth from Samuel. Mathew Grant’s first wife die... ...ce could be more pleasant, when time was not an object. From Harrisburg to Philadelphia there was a railroad, the first I had ever seen, except the on... ...miles an hour. This seemed like annihilating space. I stopped five days in Philadelphia, saw about every street in the city, attended the theatre, vis... ...t of this incident since when I have heard the noise of a few disappointed politicians who had deserted their associates. There are always more of the... ...in McCall, who resigned from the army after the Mexican war and settled in Philadelphia. He was prompt, however, to volunteer when the rebellion broke... ...ection of the State. It embraced the sons of farmers, lawyers, physicians, politicians, merchants, bankers and ministers, and some men of ma- turer ye... ...st Richmond and Lee, the credit would be given to them for the capture, by politicians and non-combatants from the section of country which those troo...

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...r any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...e University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material c... .................................... ...................... 190 A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN ................................................................... ......................................................... ...... 210 EXTRACTS FROM ADAM’S DIARY ............................................................ .......................... ...................................... 231 Extract from Adam’s Diary ............................................................ ...vant of General Washington until May, 1825, at which time he died again. A Philadelphia paper thus speaks of the sad occurrence: At Macon, Ga., last w... ...eople unless they “sass” you first. POST MORTEM POETRY Written in 1870. In Philadelphia they have a custom which it would be pleas ant to see adopted... ...o of com forting poetry. Any one who is in the habit of reading the daily Philadelphia Ledger must frequently be touched by these plaintive tribute... ...up of hoodlums, a group of sailors, a group of newsboys, a group of saloon politicians, a group of college girls. No royal per son has ever been the ...

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... and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...ERCIAL OR MERCANTILE SYSTEM 342 CHAPTER II OF RESTRAINTS UPON IMPORTATION FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF SUCH GOODS AS CAN BE PRODUCED AT HOME .............. ...XTRAORDINARY RESTRAINTS UPON THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS OF ALMOST ALL KINDS, FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WITH WHICH THE BALANCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE DISADVANTAGEO... ...mmediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations. According, therefore, as this produce, or what is purch... ...at performed by slaves. It is found to do so even at Boston, New-York, and Philadelphia, where the wages of common labour are so very high. The libera... ... of Montezuma. These numbers exceed greatly those of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, the three greatest cities of the English colonies. Before the... ...ks greatly to overbalance our imports, to the unspeakable comfort of those politicians, who mea- sure the national prosperity by what they call the ba... ... trade to the West Indies would, by a certain spe- 781 Adam Smith cies of politicians, be considered as extremely disadvantageous. But it so happens,...

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...d with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment file is furnished f... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...e University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material c... ...of growing enlightenment and happy compan- ionship, and an innocent refuge from the cares and perturbations of life. Princeton, June 28, 1917. INTRODU... ...ect and setting are so closely allied that each borrows charm and emphasis from the other. Let the devoted reader of Boswell ask himself what glamor w... ...ther. Let the devoted reader of Boswell ask himself what glamor would fade from the church of St. Clement Danes, from the Mitre, from Fleet Street, th... ...ass- ing through the press, I was unexpectedly favoured with a packet from Philadelphia, from Mr. James Abercrombie, a gentleman of that country, who ... ... to a gentleman from that country, on the subject of an union which artful Politicians have often had in view—’Do not make an union with us, Sir. We s...