Speech of Ephraim Banks, Esq., of Mifflin: Delivered in the Convention, to Amend the Constitution of Pennsylvania, December 22, 1837. In Support of an Amendment to Prohibit Banks from Issuing Notes of a Less Denomination Than Ten Dollars, as Offered by Mr. Read of SusquehannaJ. Wilbank, 1838 - 15 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... cause of virtue have disap peared . A fortune is not to be made at once by industry ; it is made up by the daily accession of small Small suns , therefore , become an ob sums . ject of importance to the industrious man . He values them ...
... cause of virtue have disap peared . A fortune is not to be made at once by industry ; it is made up by the daily accession of small Small suns , therefore , become an ob sums . ject of importance to the industrious man . He values them ...
Pagina 22
... cause of immorality ; but , I protest to you , by the majesty of Pandemonium , that the world is at present so wicked , that there is not the smallest necessity for the malignant agency of the devil . Job was an object worthy of my ...
... cause of immorality ; but , I protest to you , by the majesty of Pandemonium , that the world is at present so wicked , that there is not the smallest necessity for the malignant agency of the devil . Job was an object worthy of my ...
Pagina 26
... cause . We are the enemy of every species of vice ; and we endeavor to draw aside her veil and show her to men in all her native de- formity . We have no desire " to excite repinings at the dispensations of Providence ; " nor do we ...
... cause . We are the enemy of every species of vice ; and we endeavor to draw aside her veil and show her to men in all her native de- formity . We have no desire " to excite repinings at the dispensations of Providence ; " nor do we ...
Pagina 33
... cause to those barbarous institutions of civilized society which cramp , brutalize and distort the human mind . The farther men have strayed from the plain paths of nature , the more vicious and the more wretched have they be- come ...
... cause to those barbarous institutions of civilized society which cramp , brutalize and distort the human mind . The farther men have strayed from the plain paths of nature , the more vicious and the more wretched have they be- come ...
Pagina 38
... cause of its existence , we firmly believe . If any one be disposed to contend that the crowd do not cherish these ferocious and venge . ful passions , let him take a retrospective view of the situation of France , when the heavy hand ...
... cause of its existence , we firmly believe . If any one be disposed to contend that the crowd do not cherish these ferocious and venge . ful passions , let him take a retrospective view of the situation of France , when the heavy hand ...
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