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...lly in favor of producing a perfect equality between the negroes and white people. While I had not proposed to myself on this occasion to say much on ... ...groes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say, in addition to this, that there is a physical diffe... ... that I or my friends would marry negroes if there was no law to keep them from it; but as Judge Douglas and his friends seem to be in great apprehens... ...e in great apprehension that they might, if there were no law to keep them from it, I give him the most solemn pledge that I will to the very last sta... ...ry last stand by the law of this State which forbids the marrying of white people with negroes. I will add one further word, which is this: that I do ... ...o know very well whether an assertion he was making, as a conclusion drawn from a set of facts, was true or false; and as a conclusion of my own from ... ...ion to the fact that his speeches would not go as current now south of the Ohio River as they have formerly gone there I ask his attention to the fact... ...inues to put forward the declaration that there is an unholy and unnatural alliance between the Republi- cans and the National Democrats, I now want t...

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... 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... ...stablished in ordinances sealed with blood, in many great struggles of the people. They were not new to the people. They were consecrated theories, bu... ...nto license and result in the tyranny of absolutism, without saving to the people the power so often found necessary of repressing or destroying their... ... his great intellect were engaged in the patriotic effort to secure to the people of France the blessings that Democracy in America had ordained and e... ...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... ..., and to curse that cause of liberty as a foe which it might hallow by its alliance. By the side of these religious men I discern others whose looks a... ...perated by their results.: These, however, are not conditions on which the alliance of the human will is to be obtained; its carriage must be free and... ...rest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are ...

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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... ...er mouth! Life in Alexan- dria at this time must have been sad enough. The people were all secessionists, but the town was held by the North- 25 Trol... ...iefly to the excel- lence of his cause, and the blood and character of the people who put him forward as their right arm in their contest; but that he... ...ilections and sympathies of his life. Here has been the hardship. For such people there has been no neutrality possible. Ladies even have not been abl... ...o treated. “The gentleman from Indiana has the floor.” “The gentleman from Ohio wishes to ask the gentleman from Indiana a question.” “The gentleman f... ...stion.” “The gentleman from Indiana gives permission.” “The gentleman from Ohio!”—these last words being a summons to him of Ohio to get up and ask hi... ...ave been attached each to his own depart- ment without concerted political alliance among them- selves, without any acknowledged chief below the Presi...

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...nce six times, the British Is lands or Italy ten times. Conceptions formed from the river basins of Western Europe are rudely shocked when we con ... ...con sider the extent of the valley of the Mississippi; nor are those formed from the sterile basins of the great rivers of Siberia, the lofty plateau... ...ames. No other river has so vast a drainage basin: it draws its water supply from twenty eight States and T erritories; from Dela ware, on the Atlant... ...outh, it grows narrower; grows narrower and deeper. From the junction of the Ohio to a point half way down to the sea, the width averages a mile in hi... ...’ above the mouth, it is but little over half a mile. At the junction of the Ohio the Mississippi’s depth is eighty Life on the Mississippi Mark T... ...psed since the river took its place in history. The belief of the scientific people is, that the mouth used to be at Baton Rouge, where the hills ceas... ...d fifty years there had been white settlements on our Atlantic coasts. These people were in intimate communication with the Indians: in the south the ... ...t always happens that when a man seizes upon a neglected and important idea, people inflamed with the same notion crop up all around. It happened so i... ...writers anyhow, and so they wisely refrained from entering into en tangling alliances. As I have remarked, the pilots’ association was now the compac...

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...y a principle essential to Christianity, a PERSON is eternally differenced from a THING; so that the idea of a HUMAN BEING, necessarily excludes the i... ...F THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF AN AFFLICTED, DESPISED AND DEEPLY OUT- RAGED PEOPLE, BY RANKING SLAVERY WITH PI- RACY AND MURDER, AND BY DENYING IT EITH... ...al plea—”not guilty;” the case must, therefore, proceed. Any facts, either from slaves, slaveholders, or by-standers, calculated to enlighten the publ... ... to do it. Not only is slavery on trial, but unfortunately, the en- slaved people are also on trial. It is alleged, that they are, naturally, inferior... ...wrongs, and do not apprehend their rights. Looking, then, at your request, from this stand-point, and wishing every- thing of which you think me capab... ...- thing of which you think me capable to go to the benefit of my afflicted people, I part with my doubts and hesitation, and proceed to furnish you th... ...low slaves, and an extraordinary depth of passion, together with that rare alliance between passion and intellect, which enables the former, when deep... ... breaking up of my plans, and another severance of my religious and social alliances. I was now a big boy. I had become quite useful to several young ... ...otten gain of slaveholders and slave-traders. Third, the great Evangelical Alliance—or rather the attempt to form such an alliance, which should inclu...

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... evidences of design, and con- cert of action, among its chief architects, from the beginning. The new year of 1854 found slavery excluded from more t... ...lavery excluded from more than half the States by State Constitutions, and from most of the National territory by Congressional prohibition. Four days... ...nt gained. But, so far, Congress only had acted, and an indorsement by the people, real or apparent, was indispensable to save the point already gaine... ... legis- late slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it there- from, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate t... ...to any Territory or State, nor to exclude it there- from, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic instituti... ...tion members, “let us amend the bill so as to ex- pressly declare that the people of the Territory may exclude slavery.” “Not we,” said the friends of... ...n that has been made against me; the Republi- can leaders having formed an alliance, an unholy and unnatural alliance, with a portion of unscrupulous ... ...ntend to fight that allied army wherever I meet them. I know they deny the alliance; but yet these men who are trying 13 The Writings of Abraham Linc... ...ut if they will have it—for he says that we deny it—that there is any such alliance, as he says there is,—and I don’t propose hanging very much upon t...

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...ters? He is true as steel, and his judgment is very good. The last I heard from him, he rather thought Weldon, of De Witt, was our best timber for rep... ...uly 16, 1858. HON. JOSEPH GILLESPIE. MY DEAR SIR:—I write this to say that from the specimens of Douglas Democracy we occasionally see here from Madi-... ... it can only be done by carrying the Fillmore men of 1856 very differently from what they seem to [be] going in the other party. Below is the vote of ... ... some, and I am glad to know I am yet alive. There was a vast concourse of people—more than could get near enough to hear. Y ours as ever, A. LINCOLN.... ...opular Sover- eignty. What does that mean? It means the sovereignty of the people over their own affairs—in other words, the right of the people to go... ...as not this the origin of popular sover- eignty as applied to the American people? Here we are told that governments are instituted among men deriving... ...scarcely be sustained on a per- sonal acquaintance. Two things done by the Ohio Republican convention—the repudiation of Judge Swan, and the “plank” f... ...y, course from each of them. Y ou will take no notice of that or any other alliance. Whenever the European 236 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol ... ...-called seceded States. They formally en- tered into a treaty of temporary alliance and co-operation with 253 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol F...

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...y was full of such grotesqueries, but the clean towers were thrusting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses,... ...ete bridge fled a limousine of long sleek hood and noiseless engine. These people in evening clothes were returning from an all-night rehearsal of a L... ... hood and noiseless engine. These people in evening clothes were returning from an all-night rehearsal of a Little Theater play, an artistic adventure... ...r poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay. His large head was pink, his brown hair thin an... ... in the darkness beyond mysterious groves. When at last he could slip away from the crowded house he darted to her. His wife, his clamoring friends, s... ...that’s 8 Babbitt got the slightest doggone bit of consideration for other people and thoughtfulness and consider there may be others that may want to... ... whether the police force was too large or too small, or whether it was in alliance with gambling and prostitution. He knew the means of fire-proofing... ...nknown on Floral Heights, and the realms of offices and of kitchens had no alliances. But under the inspiration of the cocktails, conversation was vio... ...n Ted had returned to Zenith, Babbitt was lonely. As he was trying to make alliance between Offutt and certain Milwaukee interests which wanted the ra...

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... use it more often, it was only indifference and ennui which prevented him from so doing. He therefore allowed Valentine to go into the garden, sent a... ... invalid still retained that vacancy of expression which prevented his son from obtaining any knowledge of the feelings which were passing in his mind... ...ch renders it important that she should lose no time in forming a suitable alliance. Nevertheless, you have not been for- gotten in our plans, and we ... ...t, not to live in this house, for that might not be pleasant for the young people, but that you should 6 The Count of Monte Cristo live with them; so... ...ave recourse to another.” She then recited all the letters of the alphabet from A down to N. When she arrived at that letter the paralytic made her un... ...d for so many years. The Baron d’Epinay was my friend, as you know, and an alliance with his son is the most suitable thing that could possibly be arr... ...he home depart- ment, or of the observatory?” “Oh, no; I should find there people who would force me to under- stand things of which I would prefer to... ...to tell you. Ah, really this is magnificent! But tell me, count, will your people take care of my horse?” “Do not alarm yourself, my dear Maximilian —... ...imited it may be, exceeds mine. My family has sought consideration in this alliance with M. de Villefort; all I seek is happiness.” Valentine impercep...

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...R I JUST AFTER PASSING Caraher’s saloon, on the County Road that ran south from Bonneville, and that divided the Broderson ranch from that of Los Muer... ... the faint and prolonged blowing of a steam whistle that he knew must come from the railroad shops near the depot at Bonneville. In starting out from ... ...he day seemed always at noon, and the sun blazed white hot over the valley from the Coast Range in the west to the foothills of the Sierras in the eas... ...kable lift about it that argued education, not only of himself, but of his people before him. The impression conveyed by his mouth and chin was that o... ... be of the West, that world’s frontier of Romance, where a new race, a new people—hardy, brave, and passionate—were building an empire; where the tumu... ... em- brace in itself a whole epoch, a complete era, the voice of an entire people, wherein all people should be included— they and their legends, thei... ... She remembered the days of her young girlhood passed on a farm in eastern Ohio—five hundred acres, neatly partitioned into the water lot, the cow pas... ...oubt, he had come to make a fresh attempt to win over Magnus to the unholy alliance. However, there was little trace of enmity in her greet- ing. Her ...

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...d now about to come into this busy and changeful world. I will not conceal from you that I am skilful in understanding and interpreting the movements ... ... the family. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. “I fear from your looks,” said the father, “that you have bad tidings to tell me of... ...hip in the Temple by his parents. You must regard him as a being separated from the rest of the world. In childhood, in boyhood, you must sur- round h... ...n predicted by the Astrologer; and thus his confi- dence, which, like most people of the period, he had freely given to the science, was riveted and c... ...prevail on her to accept so much as a single guinea. “I have heard the old people at Jedburgh say, that all Jean’s sons were condemned to die there on... ...quipt in a habit which mingled the national dress of the Scottish com- mon people with something of an Eastern costume, she spun a thread, drawn from ... ...he trees He leaves the shelter of his native wood, He leaves the murmur of Ohio’s flood, And forward rushing in indignant grief, Where never foot has ... ...ngowan, and who indeed derived their principal claim of gentility from the alliance, were now disposed to pay to their trees of gene- alogy a tribute,...

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... UNITED STATES 3 INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON TO BILL CLINTON George Washington FIRST INAUGURAL ... ...ed by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilec tion, and, i... ...d not but overwhelm with despondence one who (inheriting inferior endowments from nature and un practiced in the duties of civil administration) ough... ...t, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for the... ...s than my own, nor those of my fellow citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the In visible Hand which c... ... as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. Besides the ordinary objects submitted to your care, it will rema... ...tical; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, en tangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their ri... ...mpatible with our welfare and the prin ciples of our Government. We decline alliances as ad verse to our peace. We desire commercial relations on eq... ... to promise anything but harmony in their intercourse or permanency in their alliance, and yet for ages neither has been interrupted. Content with the...

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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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...HAPTER VIII: NORTH AND WEST ......................................................................................................... 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI .................................................................................. 130 CHAPTER X: THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI ............................................................................

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............................................................. 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI............................................... ............................................................. 303 CHAPTER XX: FROM BOSTON TO WASHINGTON .................................................... ...en the North and South; but I have not allowed that disruption to deter me from an object which, if it were delayed, might probably never be carried o... ...e those against whom a writer does not intend to give a favorable verdict; people and places whom he desires to describe, on the peril of his own judg... ...general feelings of England to have been be- fore I found myself among the people by whom it was being waged. It is very difficult for the people of a... ... high ground, and to say that we, the older and therefore more experienced people as regards the United States, and the better gov- erned as regards F... ... sug- gestion of such a policy roused the population upon the banks of the Ohio, then inconsiderable, as one man. Their confidence in Washington scarc... ...o fast in population as have these Western States. The list is as follows: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min- nesota, Iowa, Kansas to ... ...a feeling of cordiality for France—a belief in the affection of our French alliance—there are ten who do so with reference to the States. Now, in thes...

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...Excerpt: BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS. One?s-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, f...

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.................................23 Thou Reader........................................23 BOOK II............................................24 Starting from Paumanok.....................24 BOOK III..........................................38...

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..............23 BOOK II............................................24 Starting from Paumanok.....................24 BOOK III............................... ...OK IV. CHILDREN OF ADAM ...103 To the Garden the World...................103 From Pent Up Aching Rivers............103 I Sing the Body Electric.......... ...t Pipes of the Organ.........................................121 Facing West from California’s Shores ................................................... ... inure to themselves as much as to any—what a paradox appears their age, How people respond to them, yet know them not, How there is something relentl... ..., Countless masses debouch upon them, They are now cover’d with the foremost people, arts, institutions, known. See, projected through time, For me an... ...ants of the long running Mississippi, and down to the Mexican sea, Chants of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, Chants going fort... ... 7 I am the credulous man of qualities, ages, races, I advance from the people in their own spirit, Here is what sings unrestricted faith. Omnes!... ...lly loves, walks, laughs, shouts, embraces, procreates. O the farmer’s joys! Ohioan’s, Illinoisian’s, Wisconsinese’, Kanadian’s, Iowan’s, Kansian’s, M... ...rance to all the gifts of the universe. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 286 THE D ALLIANCE OF THE E AGLES Skirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my ...

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... all his history. Without hurry, without rest, the human spirit goes forth from the beginning to embody every faculty, every thought, every emotion, w... ...n riddle. If the whole of history is in one man, it is all to be explained from indi- vidual experience. There is a relation between the hours of our ... ...hours of our life and the centuries of time. As the air I breathe is drawn from the great repositories of nature, as the light on my book is yielded b... ...ormation in respect to the Greek genius. We have the civil history of that people, as Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch have given it; a v... ...nd decorum of their dance. Thus of the genius of 12 Essays one remarkable people we have a fourfold representa- tion: and to the senses what more unl... ...nt anew the orders and the ornaments of archi- tecture, as we see how each people merely decorated its primitive abodes. The Doric temple preserves th... ...se of men. But the sweet sincerity of joy and peace which I draw from this alliance with my brother’s soul is the nut itself whereof all nature and al... ...the prostitution of the name of friendship to signify mod- ish and worldly alliances. I much prefer the company of ploughboys and tin-peddlers to the ... ... parts. There must be very two, before there can be very one. Let it be an alliance of two large, formidable natures, mutually be- held, mutually fear...