Junius Finally DiscoveredPress of the Dispatch Printing Company, 1917 - 193 pages |
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... ated in the Declaration of Independence , and which event- ually resulted in the achievement by the Colonies of the inestimable blessings of Liberty . PART I JUNIUS FINALLY DISCOVERED in the person of a DEDICATION ...
... ated in the Declaration of Independence , and which event- ually resulted in the achievement by the Colonies of the inestimable blessings of Liberty . PART I JUNIUS FINALLY DISCOVERED in the person of a DEDICATION ...
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... independence of a man of spirit , not the servile , humiliating complais- ance of a courtier . As to the goodness of his heart , if a proof of it be taken from the facility of never refusing , what conclusions shall we draw from the ...
... independence of a man of spirit , not the servile , humiliating complais- ance of a courtier . As to the goodness of his heart , if a proof of it be taken from the facility of never refusing , what conclusions shall we draw from the ...
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... independence ; without it no man can be happy , nor even honest . ' " Of Junius's style Dr. Good has this to say : " The dis- tinguishing features of his style are ardour , spirit , perspi- cuity , classical correctness , sententious ...
... independence ; without it no man can be happy , nor even honest . ' " Of Junius's style Dr. Good has this to say : " The dis- tinguishing features of his style are ardour , spirit , perspi- cuity , classical correctness , sententious ...
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... Independence of America . It has truly been said , by a great author , that " The pen is mightier than the sword . " Before entering into the discussion of this branch of my subject , I thought it might interest my readers to learn when ...
... Independence of America . It has truly been said , by a great author , that " The pen is mightier than the sword . " Before entering into the discussion of this branch of my subject , I thought it might interest my readers to learn when ...
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... Independence . Right here , let me assure my readers , on honor , that I never heard of , or saw the book until several months after I commenced writing my discussion on the subject , when , accidently , I noticed it in an index of ...
... Independence . Right here , let me assure my readers , on honor , that I never heard of , or saw the book until several months after I commenced writing my discussion on the subject , when , accidently , I noticed it in an index of ...
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Page 150 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 151 - I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent.
Page 102 - Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 152 - Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. Not all the treasures of the world, so far as I believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for I think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind...
Page 50 - Without consulting your Minister, call together your whole Council. Let it appear to the public that you can determine and act for yourself. Come forward to your people. Lay aside the wretched formalities of a king and speak to your subjects with the spirit of a man and in the language of a gentleman. Tell them you have been fatally deceived.
Page 146 - ... different systems : England to Europe — America to itself. I am not induced by motives of pride, party, or resentment to espouse the doctrine of separation and independence ; I am clearly, positively, and conscientiously persuaded that it is the true interest of this continent to be so ; that everything short of that is mere patchwork...
Page 143 - In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense: and have no other preliminaries to settle with the reader, than that he will divest himself of prejudice and prepossession, and suffer his reason and his feelings to determine for themselves: that he will put on, or rather that he will not put off, the true character of a man, and generously enlarge his views beyond the present day. Volumes have been written on the subject of the struggle between England...
Page 52 - But while I expected from this daring flight his final ruin and fall, behold him rising still higher, and coming down souse upon both houses of parliament. Yes, he did make you his quarry, and you still bleed from the wounds of his talons. You crouched, and still crouch beneath his rage.
Page 144 - Britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, "Come, come, we shall be friends again, for all this. " But examine the passions and feelings of mankind, Bring the doctrine of reconciliation to the touchstone of nature, and then tell me, whether you can hereafter love, honour, and faithfully serve the power that hath carried fire and sword into your land? If you cannot do all these, then are you only deceiving yourselves, and by your delay bringing ruin upon posterity.
Page 143 - Tis not the affair of a City, a County, a Province, or a Kingdom; but of a Continent — of at least one eighth part of the habitable globe. 'Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in the contest, and will be more or less affected even to the end of time by the proceedings now.