The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, Volumul 6Little, Brown, 1851 |
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Pagina 12
... authority be so constituted , that it shall be rather a burden than benefit to those that undertake it ; and be qualified with such slender advantages of profit or pleasure , that men shall reap little by the enjoyment . The happy ...
... authority be so constituted , that it shall be rather a burden than benefit to those that undertake it ; and be qualified with such slender advantages of profit or pleasure , that men shall reap little by the enjoyment . The happy ...
Pagina 13
... authority a burden . But what has been the consequence to the people ? Their service has been deserted , and they have been betrayed . Those very persons who have flattered the meanness of the stingy , by offering to serve them gratis ...
... authority a burden . But what has been the consequence to the people ? Their service has been deserted , and they have been betrayed . Those very persons who have flattered the meanness of the stingy , by offering to serve them gratis ...
Pagina 25
... authority annually in the hands of the people . It is still , however , problematical , whether this succession will be the grand preservative against corruption , or the grand inlet to it . The elections of governors and senators are ...
... authority annually in the hands of the people . It is still , however , problematical , whether this succession will be the grand preservative against corruption , or the grand inlet to it . The elections of governors and senators are ...
Pagina 27
... authority , and sent his master of horse to summon Mælius before him . Mælius endeavored , in his first surprise to escape ; a lictor seized him . Mælius complained that he was to be sacrificed to the intrigues of the senate for the ...
... authority , and sent his master of horse to summon Mælius before him . Mælius endeavored , in his first surprise to escape ; a lictor seized him . Mælius complained that he was to be sacrificed to the intrigues of the senate for the ...
Pagina 32
... authority against him and the people . The dictator ordered him to prison . The peo- ple were deeply affected ; but the authority was thought to be legal , and the Romans had prescribed bounds to themselves , through which they dared ...
... authority against him and the people . The dictator ordered him to prison . The peo- ple were deeply affected ; but the authority was thought to be legal , and the Romans had prescribed bounds to themselves , through which they dared ...
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Pagina 268 - Sans check, to good and bad : but when the planets, In evil mixture, to disorder wander. What plagues, and what portents! what mutiny! What raging of the sea! shaking of earth! Commotion in the winds ! frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture ! O, when degree is shak'd, Which is the ladder to all high designs, The enterprise is sick.
Pagina 267 - And posts, like the commandment of a King, Sans check, to good and bad: but when the planets In evil mixture to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents, what mutiny, What raging of the sea. shaking of earth, Commotion in the winds, frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture!
Pagina 267 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
Pagina 519 - Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against the Eternal Cause.
Pagina 543 - Curse ye Meroz ; — curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof ; because they came not up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty."* My second argument is grounded on the example of Christ and his apostles.
Pagina 201 - If you thus behave yourselves, and so become a terror to evil doers and a praise to them that do well...
Pagina 170 - The instruction of the people in every kind of knowledge that can be of use to them in the practice of their moral duties as men, citizens, and Christians, and of their political and civil duties as members of society and freemen, ought to be the care of the public, and of all who have any share in the conduct of its affairs, in a manner that never yet has been practiced in any age or nation.
Pagina 267 - Keeps honour bright : to have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast : keep then the path...
Pagina 268 - Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead : Force should be right ; or, rather, right and wrong, (Between whose endless jar justice resides,) Should lose their names, and so should justice too. Then...
Pagina 266 - With well-feign'd gratitude the pension'd band Refund the plunder of the beggar'd land. See ! while he builds, the gaudy vassals come, And crowd with sudden wealth the rising dome The price of boroughs and of souls restore, And raise his treasures higher than before : Now...