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Excerpt: Inaugural addresses of the presidents of the United States.

... any man, he can un- derstand. Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done, for this is the only and sovereign age... ... infusions. Every thing the individual sees without him corresponds to his states of mind, and every thing is in turn intelli- gible to him, as his on... ...tain a dead church, contribute to a dead Bible- society, vote with a great party either for the govern- ment or against it, spread your table like bas... .... A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has s... ... consciousness of a train of great days and victories behind. They shed an united light on the advancing actor. He is attended as by a visible escort ... ... the windows, and the gnomes and vices also. By all the vir- tues they are united. If there be virtue, all the vices are known as such; they confess a... ... an experiment in this way, and make themselves ridicu- lous. They acquire democratic manners, they foam at the mouth, they hate and deny. Worse, I ob... ...f that;—is pure of that.’ And nature advertises me in such persons that in democratic America 243 Emerson she will not be democratized. How cloistere... ...ciety with a kind of tacit appeal. Each seems to say, ‘I am not all here.’ Senators and presidents have climbed so high with pain enough, not because ...

... may think; what a saint has felt, he may feel; what at any time has befallen any man, he can understand. Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done, for this is the only and sovereign agent....

...overnment, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehend... ...nt, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in ... ... principles than their antagonists. Ambition, avarice, personal animosity, party opposition, and many other mo- tives not more laudable than these, ar... ...rivate circles of those who oppose the new Constitution, that the thirteen States are of too great extent for any general system, and that we must of ... ...he prosperity of the people of America depended on their continuing firmly united, and the wishes, prayers, and efforts of our best and wisest citizen... ...se the prospect of present loss or advantage may often tempt the governing party in one or two States to swerve from good faith and justice; but those... ... should send their Doge, or chief magistrate, accompanied by four of their senators, to France, to ask his pardon and receive his terms. They were obl... ...of territory which may be brought within the compass of republican than of democratic government; and it is this circumstance principally which render... ...ess perceived, as most of the popular governments of antiquity were of the democratic species; and even in modern Europe, to which we owe the great pr...

...ter an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the union, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empi...

...equisites of civilized life have nothing else to rest on. These deplorable states of feel ing, in any people who have emerged from savage life, are, ... ...n all respects an adequate one, of the Pnyx and the Forum. There have been states of society in which even a monarchy of any great territorial extent ... ...sarily with those who are in pos session of the government. A much weaker party in all other elements of power may greatly preponderate when the pow ... ...stood by “consenting unto his death,” would any one have supposed that the party of that stoned man were then and there the strongest power in society... ... and convictions of those whose personal position is different, and by the united authority of the instructed. When, therefore, the instructed in gene... ... in the opposite type. The striving, go ahead character of England and the United States is only a fit subject of disapproving criticism on ac count ... ... both those which gave a seat in the Senate and those which were sought by senators, were conferred by popular election. The Russian government is a c... ...y as, without interfer ing materially with the characteristic benefits of democratic government, to do away with these two great evils, or at least t... ...y human contrivance. The common mode of attempting this is by limiting the democratic character of the representation through a more or less restricte...

...he thought the country ruined 8 Personal Memoirs beyond recovery when the Democratic party lost control in 1860. Her family, which was large, inherit... ...the country ruined 8 Personal Memoirs beyond recovery when the Democratic party lost control in 1860. Her family, which was large, inherited her view... ... during the war, and remains a firm believer, that national success by the Democratic party means irretrievable ruin. In June, 1821, my father, Jesse ... ... war, and remains a firm believer, that national success by the Democratic party means irretrievable ruin. In June, 1821, my father, Jesse R. Grant, m... ...chool, many of whom have filled conspicuous places in the service of their States. T wo of my contemporaries there —who, I believe, never attended any... ...ation my father re- ceived a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I ... ...y father re- ceived a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I believe... ...uld not write to Hamer for the appointment, but he wrote to Thomas Morris, United States Senator from Ohio, informing him that there was a vacancy at ... ...t- bagger and knew but few of them. While I was on duty at Springfield the senators, representatives in Congress, ax-gov- ernors and the State legisla...