Proceedings of the ... Continental Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 21The Congress., 1912 - United States |
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... ( Applause . ) THE PRESIDENT GENERAL . Ladies , you have heard the report of the Credential Committee . What will you do with it ? MRS . NORTON . I would move that the report of the Chairman of the Credential Committee , with its ...
... ( Applause . ) THE PRESIDENT GENERAL . Ladies , you have heard the report of the Credential Committee . What will you do with it ? MRS . NORTON . I would move that the report of the Chairman of the Credential Committee , with its ...
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... ( Applause . ) MRS . DAY . Two more delegates have arrived for the Tennessee delegation . MRS . PATTON , of Maryland . Madam President General : May we ask that our Precentor be officially introduced to us ? We are so glad to welcome one ...
... ( Applause . ) MRS . DAY . Two more delegates have arrived for the Tennessee delegation . MRS . PATTON , of Maryland . Madam President General : May we ask that our Precentor be officially introduced to us ? We are so glad to welcome one ...
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... applause welcomed the entrance of the President of the United States . THE PRESIDENT GENERAL . Ladies of the Twenty - first Continental Congress : I desire to assure the President that whatever the attitude of the Canadian people may be ...
... applause welcomed the entrance of the President of the United States . THE PRESIDENT GENERAL . Ladies of the Twenty - first Continental Congress : I desire to assure the President that whatever the attitude of the Canadian people may be ...
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... ( Applause . ) We have reached a time in the history of politics in this country when we have to take down our copies of the Constitution and our copies of the Federalist , and of the history of the growth of our institutions , and renew ...
... ( Applause . ) We have reached a time in the history of politics in this country when we have to take down our copies of the Constitution and our copies of the Federalist , and of the history of the growth of our institutions , and renew ...
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... ( Applause . ) It is not enough to be the Daughters of a Revolution that is passed : we must be active participants in every phase of the never - ceasing evolution of the present , and perchance mothers of vaster Revolu- tions yet to come ...
... ( Applause . ) It is not enough to be the Daughters of a Revolution that is passed : we must be active participants in every phase of the never - ceasing evolution of the present , and perchance mothers of vaster Revolu- tions yet to come ...
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Page 819 - Let me live in a house by the side of the road And be a friend to man.
Page 71 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just ; And this be our motto :
Page 832 - We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Page 830 - An act to prevent and punish the desecration of the flag of the- United States.
Page 317 - The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House, and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Page 755 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia ; because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Page 725 - Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Michigan — send you this letter of peace and friendship, signed by my own hand.
Page 71 - The union of lakes, the union of lands, The union of States none can sever, The union of hearts, the union of hands, And the flag of our Union forever...
Page 876 - For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord : they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it. And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire ; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
Page 820 - To perpetuate the memory and the spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence, by the acquisition and protection of historical spots, and the erection of monuments...