History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.
Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.
A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.
When did one man ever civilize a people?
To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.