The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 18Issued under the auspices of the Thomas Jefferson memorial association of the United States, 1904 |
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... sound public opinion . He wrote : " The people are the only censors of their gover- nors ; and even their errors will tend to keep them to the true principles of their institution . To punish these errors too severely would be to sup ...
... sound public opinion . He wrote : " The people are the only censors of their gover- nors ; and even their errors will tend to keep them to the true principles of their institution . To punish these errors too severely would be to sup ...
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... , so as to be most useful , I should answer , ' by restraining it to true facts and sound principles only . ' Yet I fear such a paper would find few subscribers . It is a melancholy truth , xxxiv Jefferson's Contribution to a.
... , so as to be most useful , I should answer , ' by restraining it to true facts and sound principles only . ' Yet I fear such a paper would find few subscribers . It is a melancholy truth , xxxiv Jefferson's Contribution to a.
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... sound reason which should constitute the law of every country.1 Over both of these systems , however , the The following instances will give some idea of the steps by which the Roman gained on the Feudal laws . A law of Burgundy ...
... sound reason which should constitute the law of every country.1 Over both of these systems , however , the The following instances will give some idea of the steps by which the Roman gained on the Feudal laws . A law of Burgundy ...
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... sound reasoning , and to which I acknowledge myself peculiarly indebted for information on the points he has discussed . He says , p . 30 , " To the ancestors of John Gravier the right of alluvion belonged not only by virtue of the ...
... sound reasoning , and to which I acknowledge myself peculiarly indebted for information on the points he has discussed . He says , p . 30 , " To the ancestors of John Gravier the right of alluvion belonged not only by virtue of the ...
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... sound- ness , I consider it as established that , were this ques- tion to be decided by the Roman law , the conversion of the farm into a fauxbourg of the city passed to the public all the riparian rights attached to it while a rural ...
... sound- ness , I consider it as established that , were this ques- tion to be decided by the Roman law , the conversion of the farm into a fauxbourg of the city passed to the public all the riparian rights attached to it while a rural ...
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Page 450 - ... full many a gem of purest ray serene the dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear : full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air. some village Hampden that with dauntless breast the little tyrant of his fields withstood, some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.
Page 442 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove: But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No withered witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew! The red-breast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little...
Page xv - Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, all lawful powers respecting the same did of right remain, and were reserved to the States or to the people ; that thus was manifested their determination to retain to themselves the right of judging how far the licentiousness of speech and of the press may be abridged without lessening their useful freedom, and how far those abuses which cannot be separated from their use should be tolerated rather than the use be destroyed...
Page 439 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Page xi - I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvres to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another : for freedom of the press, and against all violations of the Constitution to silence by force and not by reason the complaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of our citizens against the conduct of their agents.
Page xxviii - ... the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid; the diffusion of information, and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason; freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected...
Page 429 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page xxxv - It is a melancholy truth, that a suppression of the press could not more completely deprive the nation of its benefits, than is done by its abandoned prostitution to falsehood. Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.