Ridpath's History of the World: Being an Account of the Principal Events in the Career of the Human Race from the Beginnings of Civilization to the Present Time, Comprising the Development of Social Institutions and the Story of All Nations from Recent and Authentic Sources, Volume 9Jones brothers publishing Company, 1910 |
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Ridpath's History of the World: Being an Account of the Principal ..., Volume 9 John Clark Ridpath Visualizzazione completa - 1907 |
Ridpath's History of the World: Being an Account of the Principal ..., Volume 9 John Clark Ridpath Visualizzazione completa - 1901 |
Ridpath's History of the World: Being an Account of the Principal ..., Volume 9 John Clark Ridpath Visualizzazione completa - 1907 |
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Pagina 348 - Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.
Pagina 74 - The silver interests began in that year a propaganda to restore the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1...
Pagina 129 - Spain cedes to the United States the island of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and the island of Guam in the Marianas or Ladrones. ARTICLE III Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine islands...
Pagina 51 - The deposit, which is mostly of a white color, fills a valley that is about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in width.
Pagina 130 - Porto Rico, the Philippines and other ceded territories, at the time of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, shall continue to be respected. . Spanish scientific, literary and artistic works, not subversive of public order in the territories in question, shall continue to be admitted free of duty into such territories, for the period of ten years, to be reckoned from the date of the exchange of the ratification of this treaty.
Pagina 550 - The policy of both Governments, uninfluenced by any aggressive tendencies, is directed to the maintenance of the existing status quo in the region above mentioned and to the defense of the principle of equal opportunity for commerce and industry in China.
Pagina 359 - Republic ; (b) they will be entitled to hire or possess houses, manufactories, warehouses, shops, and premises ; (c) they may carry on their commerce either in person or by any agents whom they may think fit to employ ; (d) they will not be subject, in respect of their persons or property, or in respect of their...
Pagina 461 - I have thoroughly enjoyed myself, and now I am more glad than I can say to get home, to be back in my own country, back among the people I love. " And I am ready and eager to do my part, so far as I am able, in helping solve problems which must be solved if we of this, the greatest democratic Republic upon which the sun has ever shone, are to see its destinies rise to the high level of our hopes and its opportunities.
Pagina 174 - No cause they espouse can fail ; no cause they oppose can triumph. The future is, in large part, theirs. They have the making of history in the times that are to come. The greatest calamity that could befall would be strife which should divide them. "Let us pray that this shall never be. Let us pray that they, always self-respecting, each in...
Pagina 410 - Who can tell the new thoughts that have been awakened, the ambitions fired and the high achievements that will be wrought through this exposition? "Gentlemen, let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not conflict, and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.