| Lexington (Mass.) - Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775 - 1875 - 198 pages
...with all its tortures, is preferable to slavery." Alexander Hamilton : " The sacred rights of mankind are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." Christopher Gadsden:... | |
| Frederick Saunders - Fourth of July celebrations - 1877 - 894 pages
...mankind," fervently exlaimed Alexander Hamilton, " are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records; they are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of Divinity itself." That was the sublime faith in which this century began. The world... | |
| John Church Hamilton - United States - 1879 - 634 pages
...contrary to "THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND, WHICH ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS, OR MUSTY RECORDS ! THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DlVINITY ITSELF, AND CAN NEVER RE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER." Having closed... | |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage - Women - 1881 - 1018 pages
...: " The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or dusty recoids. They are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." In the next... | |
| Frederick Saunders - Fourth of July celebrations - 1882 - 1040 pages
...mankind," fervently exlaimed Alexander Hamilton, " are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records; they are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of Divinity itself." That was the sublime faith ia which this century began. The world... | |
| George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 484 pages
...sacred rights of mankind," he rejoined, " are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself ; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. Civil liberty... | |
| George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 484 pages
...sacred rights of mankind," he rejoined, " are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself ; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. Civil liberty... | |
| George Bancroft - United States - 1886 - 486 pages
...sacred rights of mankind," he rejoined, " are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. Civil liberty... | |
| Henry Allon - Christianity - 1861 - 594 pages
...Hamilton, one of the founders of the Republic, said, are not to he rummaged for among parchments. ' They are written as with a ' sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of ' the Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by ' mortal power.' The time... | |
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