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... letters of appointment to a considerable number of recruiting agents , requested by various sub - districts , for the purpose of filling their quotas under the call of the President previous to the one issued recently . As a general ...
... letters of appointment to a considerable number of recruiting agents , requested by various sub - districts , for the purpose of filling their quotas under the call of the President previous to the one issued recently . As a general ...
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... whenever no discharges are allowed , except on reformation , which is in accordance with the strict letter of the law ; and this fact should be taken into account in making the necessary esti 18 GOVERNOR'S INAUGURAL MESSAGE .
... whenever no discharges are allowed , except on reformation , which is in accordance with the strict letter of the law ; and this fact should be taken into account in making the necessary esti 18 GOVERNOR'S INAUGURAL MESSAGE .
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... letter in this respect . The law in regard to the enrolled militia of the State , re- quires no organization whatever ; and without some efficient organization , the simple fact of a loose system of enrollment is of very little ...
... letter in this respect . The law in regard to the enrolled militia of the State , re- quires no organization whatever ; and without some efficient organization , the simple fact of a loose system of enrollment is of very little ...
Page 10
... letters to these County Treasurers , urging upon them the necessity of making their returns , has proved to be " Sisyphus labor , " and I therefore deem it necessary to call the attention of the Legislature to this subject . Our tax law ...
... letters to these County Treasurers , urging upon them the necessity of making their returns , has proved to be " Sisyphus labor , " and I therefore deem it necessary to call the attention of the Legislature to this subject . Our tax law ...
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... letters , vouchers , certificates , and other papers , in- dexing of books , & c . , the other part of the work requires more skill and a greater degree of intelligence . Next to the position of the Deputy , that of the Book - keeper is ...
... letters , vouchers , certificates , and other papers , in- dexing of books , & c . , the other part of the work requires more skill and a greater degree of intelligence . Next to the position of the Deputy , that of the Book - keeper is ...
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Page 20 - ... without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 20 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 95 - I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Page 20 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 90 - It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Page 3 - Legislature for all public moneys received and paid out by him from any funds subject to his order, with vouchers; and shall accompany his message with a statement of the same.
Page 91 - God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.
Page 2 - If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Page 92 - The diffusion of these silent teachers, books, through the whole community, is to work greater effects than artillery, machinery, and legislation. Its peaceful agency is to supersede stormy revolutions. The culture, which it is to spread, whilst an unspeakable good to the individual, is also to become the stability of nations.
Page 163 - The formation of the *' society for the promotion of collegiate and theological education in the west...