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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... organization when we tried to hold strictly to the ruling of the Twentieth Continental Congress , and as we wish the greatest good to the greatest number , I ask you to amend the ruling to read as follows : " That after the first Board ...
... organization when we tried to hold strictly to the ruling of the Twentieth Continental Congress , and as we wish the greatest good to the greatest number , I ask you to amend the ruling to read as follows : " That after the first Board ...
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... organized were paid to March 1st . The dues of the members to be represented were paid prior to March 22d and the fiscal year . I , therefore , ask the courtesy of this Congress to have their date of organization recorded and grant them ...
... organized were paid to March 1st . The dues of the members to be represented were paid prior to March 22d and the fiscal year . I , therefore , ask the courtesy of this Congress to have their date of organization recorded and grant them ...
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... organization which , in less than one generation , has sprung from that small beginning . Ladies , I regret to state that there are people in this land who still persist in misunderstanding our aims and purposes . There are those who ...
... organization which , in less than one generation , has sprung from that small beginning . Ladies , I regret to state that there are people in this land who still persist in misunderstanding our aims and purposes . There are those who ...
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... organization , from throwing ourselves enthusiastically into divers kinds of social work which lay ready at hand - for which the harvest was manifestly ripe , and the laborers so amazingly few . It may seem in these lines of work ...
... organization , from throwing ourselves enthusiastically into divers kinds of social work which lay ready at hand - for which the harvest was manifestly ripe , and the laborers so amazingly few . It may seem in these lines of work ...
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... organization . We thank Thee for its life and its coming together at this time . Let Thy benediction be upon its President General and all associated with her in authority and influence , and upon all who meet here . Give them wisdom ...
... organization . We thank Thee for its life and its coming together at this time . Let Thy benediction be upon its President General and all associated with her in authority and influence , and upon all who meet here . Give them wisdom ...
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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...