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    1. “My son, if you receive my words, and store my commands within you, inclining your ear to wisdom, and applying your mind to reason; if you appeal to intelligence, and lift up your voice to reason; if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures – then will you understand reverence for the Lord, and will discover the knowledge of God; for the Lord gives wisdom, out of His mouth comes knowledge and reason; He has help in store for the upright, He is a shield to those who walk honestly; He guards the paths of justice, and protects the way of His pious ones; then will you understand rectitude and justice, and will keep to every good course; for when wisdom finds a welcome within you, and knowledge becomes a pleasure to you, discretion will watch over you, reason will guard you – saving you from the way of evil men, from men who use perverse speech; who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in ways of darkness; who delight in doing evil, exult in wanton wickedness’ who are crooked in all their ways, and tortuous in their paths – saving you from the wife of another, from the adulteress who plies you with smooth words, who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets her pledge to God; for her paths lead down to death, and her tracks descend to the Shades; none who go to her come back again, or reach the paths of life – helping you to walk in the way of good men, and to keep to the paths of the righteous; for the upright will live in the land, and the honest will remain in it; while the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the faithless will be rooted out of it


    2. Inmates routinely omitted one line in the pledge of allegiance, often


    3. All I need is your owner's pledge not to find Alan for them


    4. He knew he could not go on with a pledge of chastity to Desa, he knew how extremist that was in this society by now


    5. You can’t pledge silver you don’t have


    6. By means of the great credit which so great a pledge necessarily gave it, it was, notwithstanding its too liberal conduct, enabled to carry on business for more than two years


    7. And this pledge pleased him


    8. affirmation to his pledge, with his hand


    9. Gwyndel stepped forward to bow on one knee with her eyes facing the floor as she said, “I have come to pledge my service to the Daughter of Thor


    10. Then I took out a single gold band and knew this was the ring that Helen had sent to Billy Boy to pledge their love for one another and tears began to form in my eyes

    11. Despite this advice, Hayley reached for her golden bow and held it forward as she said, “I pledge to honour this great gift from the White Snow Fox, the Daughter of Thor, one of the Chosen


    12. "But you did promise me, my lord," said Prince Charles, hastily, "and you have told me that the royal pledge is not to be lightly broken


    13. " And then he added, "A pledge to a boy in play, like to ours of yester-eve, Baby Charles, is not to be kept when


    14. Program users have to sign an anti prostitution pledge, one that may drive away sex workers who are most in need of treatment


    15. Nonetheless, due to the Junta Vecinal’s opportune and determined pledge, under the leadership of Mayor María Concepción Crespo Marqués and her lieutenant Félix Barrio Fernández, and due, additionally, to the persistent and unselfish dedication of many of the local residents who contributed talent, time and treasure, the memorable Little Church was rebuilt


    16. Joseph was keenly aware of his pledge and started to plan accordingly


    17. 18 And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and look how your brethren fare, and take their pledge


    18. menstrous woman, 7 And has not oppressed any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has spoiled none by violence, has given his


    19. pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination, 13 has given out on usury, and has taken increase: shall he


    20. oppressed any, has not withheld the pledge, neither has spoiled by violence, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered

    21. surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had


    22. laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god


    23. He backtracked on his earlier pledge to throw it all off as nonsense, especially the comments by the Doctor


    24. ' And He swore by His great name: 'from now on I will not do so to all who dwell on the Earth, and I will set a sign in the Heaven, and this shall be a pledge of good faith between Me and them forever, so long as Heaven is above the Earth; And this is in accordance with My command


    25. “This was my mother’s ring, she gave it to me before she passed” he said, chuckling “She said ‘Tyler give this ring to the girl you love and pledge yourself to her’


    26. • Pledge allegiance to our flag with a tear in their eye?


    27. And she said, Wilt you give me a pledge, till you send it?


    28. 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give you? And she said, your signet, and your bracelets, and your staff that is in your hand


    29. 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not


    30. their own formal pledge and it was for keeps

    31. Currently the socialist judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has banned school children in nine states from saying the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag because of two words -”under God


    32. On the other hand, this same court, claims the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitional because one man states that he does not want his daughter using the term ‘under God’


    33. God’ in the Pledge of Allegiance


    34. to sue to a person that has no interest in the saying of the Pledge (except that he admits being an atheist) and not allow status to six individuals that have rights under the second Amendment to bear


    35. 11 You shall stand abroad, and the man to whom you dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad to you


    36. 12 And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge:


    37. In 40 BC, Herod went to Rome to pledge his support to Rome


    38. ' And He swore by His great name: 'from now on I will not do so to all who dwell on the Earth and I will set a sign in the Heaven and this shall be a pledge of good faith between Me and them forever so long as Heaven is above the Earth; And this is in accordance with My command


    39. 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and


    40. his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not

    41. Working as I had been for an extremely low salary over the seventeen years, I had been unable to put aside much, and to accomplish the sale I obviously had to pledge the company, as well as everything I owned, as collateral


    42. As far as the inventory, I would have felt a lot more secure about my personal pledge if the majority of the boards were not unsightly, rickety old structures built some forty years ago


    43. There was the usual orientation to fraternity life, pledge raids, meetings, and parties


    44. 28 Now the sun being newly risen they joined both together; the one part having together with their virtue their refuge also to the Lord for a pledge of their success and victory: the other side making their rage leader of their battle 29 But when the battle waxed strong there appeared to the enemies from Heaven five comely men on horses with bridles of gold and two of them led the Jews 30 And took Maccabeus between them and covered him on every side weapons and kept him safe but shot arrows and lightnings against the enemies: so that being confounded with blindness and full of trouble they were killed


    45. Did Paul do this: please Macedonians tick a box and pledge your denarii? Do these people not know that God is judge: he puts down and he exalts (Psalm 75:7)? To be honest, there are very few big evangelical groups I want to see prosper, but try telling them that! I’m not against churches collecting money to produce quality resources, but at the end of the day the early church in the 1st Century and the Chinese church in the last century exploded to gargantuan proportions with a few pennies and dusty sandals


    46. I have Christ's solemn pledge that


    47. pledge and foretaste of a new creation within its time and place, engaging with the


    48. Our Pledge remains a repeated statement of appreciation and loyalty to the greatest nation ever developed in this world


    49. Thank goodness there are still individual teachers who have their children recite the Pledge in school! As mentioned earlier (Chapter 1, The U


    50. Republic), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, in May 2002, ruled that “God” in the Pledge of Allegiance must be eliminated primarily on the agreement with a lawsuit brought by a single individual in Sacramento, California based on his personal atheist belief
























    1. His loyalty had been pledged to the Elders many long years ago; but lately he was beginning to think that they were all mad


    2. “Harry I pledged my life and my undying love for you in a solemn oath after that tempest at sea on our first voyage


    3. The estates of the proprietors of this bank were worth several millions, and, by their subscription to the original bond or contract of the bank, were really pledged for answering all its engagements


    4. “Captain,” Ravena pledged, “I swear, if I had any knowledge of any operation in the past or going forward that might help to sort this mess out, I would've have told you instantly!”


    5. They also pledged their devotion and dedication to each other for as long as they lived


    6. who was still slumped on the best Wilton and pledged to spend


    7. They had pledged their loyalty to him, following his every victory


    8. They left a desolate desert, a monument of ruin, despair, pestilence, and death, to the magnanimous victor morally pledged to stand sponsor to the Free Cuba that is to arise on the blood-soaked ashes of the Island


    9. The United States is morally pledged to give the Cubans independence


    10. (―If he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?‖) His (eternal) promises were not intended for this world but markers pledged for the next

    11. The main difference separating America and Europe, however, is that centuries of War and unmanageable Welfare depleted the economic stamina of most European Nations unlike America; however it oftentimes appears confused over how to properly manage its ―manifest‖ calling historically pledged to support free and open societies


    12. Every president from Ford to Obama has publicly pledged to allow Puerto Rico to determine its own future, as a commonwealth, independent, or a state Both major parties included Guam, Puerto Rico, Samoa, and the Virgin Islands in their presidential primaries starting in 1976, and most major candidates have campaigned for their votes


    13. pledged to do his best


    14. We have pledged to pay 22% of that amount ($264, million) plus 25% of the peacekeeping costs plus


    15. signed the budget law passed by Congress and added a signing statement to it (he pledged he would not


    16. Liam pledged to help all the animals in the Realms that needed it


    17. I pledged to protect her long ago, and I will not fail her now


    18. “Perhaps, but if he thought the Khakhanate had pledged him fealty, he would have been in for a very unpleasant surprise had he decided to visit


    19. My vampire existence had made me less worried about materialism, and I could see money for what it really was; loose pieces of recycled paper with some pretty pictures on it that carried more pain and sadness than any happiness it falsely pledged it would bestow on its owner


    20. Though joy, safety, and equality—these the State pledged were near

    21. Having shared secrets, they had taken hands and pledged to love


    22. Instead of turning the nation back to God as Elijah had hoped, it only angered the queen, Jezebel, and she pledged to kill the prophet for what he had done to her priests and god


    23. I pledged to record it all after Gail was born, the simple


    24. I had pledged Sigma Phi, one of the Union Triad, the first three to found the fraternity system in the nation, and my nine freshman fraternity brothers were intrigued by our relationship


    25. Aguilera pledged to seek a


    26. Though Korea's Ministry of Environment has pledged to slowly restore moon


    27. ” But after I pledged the inventory I bought, along with my family’s house, car, furniture and whatever else we had of value, and owing a mortgage, car payments and student loans, and with the purchase price being over thirty times my annual income before taxes, the deal wasn’t all that “sweet” to me


    28. His gaze spotting the dead body of Damalis slumped at the Engraved Stone in the same place that she had pledged herself to Negel from


    29. 10 Some of the neighbors friends and fellow dealers of the Jews even called them secretly to an interview pledged them their assistance and promised to do their very utmost for them


    30. 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David

    31. When we pledged ourselves over its pages, Iffenia and I knew we would never be parted, and we knew the blood the book contained would be the binding strength to our lives and after our deaths


    32. “Do not kill the man I have pledged to protect


    33. When Candace was told how dangerous the treatment was, she pledged to help and came to the house


    34. Before she left, our interdimensional children, Nucleus 8 and I said our tearful goodbyes, and pledged our eternal love for one another


    35. pledged himself to the work


    36. It was to be hoped that she had pledged his credit in just the one shop, but he rather doubted it


    37. activities in life that their hearts are pledged to the work of the Logos


    38. `Madison is a full pledged wizard and even though Wendy is from the Izanami clan she couldn't possibly do it alone


    39. 3 Soon after Jesus and Andrew returned to the camp, Andrew sought out his brother, Simon, and taking him aside, informed him that he had settled in his own mind that Jesus was the great Teacher, and that he had pledged himself as a disciple


    40. Rumsfeld has pledged military and political support to our enemy

    41. She pledged her undying love for him and told him she would wait forever for him


    42. Both Rosa and I pledged that we would never touch a drug


    43. He pledged himself to invade Punt from the east with a host of black spearmen, Shemitish archers, and mercenary swordsmen, and to aid the king of Keshan to annex the hostile kingdom


    44. “I want to say that I am honoured to be serving with you, I have pledged to the Fuhrer that I will lay my life down to save yours


    45. These inhuman and shocking experiences which Jesus was called upon to endure in the final hours of his mortal life were not in any sense a part of the divine will of the Father, which his human nature had so triumphantly pledged to carry out at the time of the final surrender of man to God as signified in the threefold prayer which he indited in the garden while his weary apostles slept the sleep of physical exhaustion


    46. The report was well received and all department heads pledged to implement the recommendations and balance the books


    47. He had pledged to avenge the person who killed his father


    48. Not long after then Cadet Rachel Solomon had made the headline news for yet another of her military conquests, Emerson had pledged his revenge against her, but he now knew that she had not killed his father


    49. The Washington State Attorney General has pledged to seek justice to the full extent of the law


    50. vowed never to work on a Symbolics machine and pledged his











































    1. , the US and USSR both reduced their bio-chemical weapons with a series of pledges and treaties


    2. Many of the projects and pledges gathered by the CGI were already planned or would have happened anyway


    3. as they made their pledges and vowed to be


    4. and commerce, with pledges and insurances necessary


    5. If the pledges that were set forth by the Kyoto Protocol are not to be met, the


    6. Azucena had provided us with trip outfits, so we did not have to pass through the shame of using again the ridiculous pledges given by the Genie


    7. And these eleven men never forgot this experience of the morontia rededication to the former pledges of ambassadorship


    8. Only, the pledges are dumb enough to fall for it


    9. Try to be patient a couple of the pledges


    10. have three young potential pledges aside from you, of course,

    11. pledges understand that this is serious business; if he fails he


    12. verified seeing me and the three pledges together doing that


    13. the other three pledges, and, umm


    14. The other pledges, though they were


    15. Four years later, Bichlbaum and Bonanno went on tour as the group, Yes, Bush Can, where supporters were asked to sign pledges to send their children off to battle as well as keeping nuclear waste near in their neighborhood


    16. The German Government of National Salvation, which I represent, pledges to do its utmost to return promptly all the prisoners of war, forced laborers and internees still in Germany to their countries of origin, along with the artistic treasures and other valuable assets looted by the Nazis during their occupation of Europe


    17. It however pledges the following: Germany will never again use its armed forces offensively outside of its borders


    18. imbued with the teachings of righteousness and truth and then pledges themselves to


    19. demilitarized zone, in which the Federation pledges to assist in suppressing the Maquis on our side of the zone, as well as protect your colonies within the zone,” Garcia said


    20. Once he or she pledges his or her soul to Satan by

    21. precepts which promise fruits of action and accept the pledges of the


    22. Whatever the Mouth says has the gravity of all the voices that repeat it with the pledges of allegiance of their lives of purchase and acts of obedience


    23. They then congratulate these dead spirits on the occasion of feasts, such as Al-Khedher (pth), Al-Jaylany, and Ar-Rifa’i (may God have mercy upon them), claiming also that they attend their sessions, and that they take pledges, covenants, secrets, and Godly sciences from them


    24. That they honour pledges given and received


    25. This happens when customer pledges


    26. when the customer hypothecates (pledges) certain movable or non-movable


    27. Since both were Roman Catholic, they would exchange vows and pledges in the presence of a Roman Catholic priest


    28. and forfeited pledges weakens your confidence in


    29. The constitution then goes on to list the seven pledges akin to saat phere: 1


    30. He paused; Uthyr’s face turned white and Arthur went on, “Is there any man alive here who would give such high favours to someone who gives no pledges in war to his lord? Who thinks he can have what he wants without a word of loyalty or acknowledgement, not to a son, but to his lord? Should I grant such a privilege without pledges in return–without acknowledgement?”

    31. And I swear, when I saw the look on Medraut’s face as he stood aside to watch the Armoricans make pledges to Arthur, it was priceless to see


    32. So I introduce each new warrior, and each one rode forward on his name, bowed to Arthur, saluted, and gave their pledges of allegiance


    33. And those who honor their trusts and their pledges


    34. There turned out to be various articles made of gold among the clothes--probably all pledges, unredeemed or waiting to be redeemed--bracelets, chains, ear-rings, pins and such things


    35. He used to buy unredeemed pledges from the old woman? Eh?"


    36. "Porfiry doesn't give his opinion, but is examining all who have left pledges with her there


    37. "Koch has given the names of some of them, other names are on the wrappers of the pledges and some have come forward of themselves


    38. "That's why you were so much struck when I mentioned to Zossimov that Porfiry was inquiring for everyone who had pledges!" Razumihin put in with obvious intention


    39. "What? Expecting him? Why, did you know that he had pledges _there_?"


    40. I've talked with all who had pledges

    41. The old woman's notes on the pledges and the rest of it--that all came to nothing


    42. He bribed all the household, he gave and offered gifts and presents to my parents; every day was like a holiday or a merry-making in our street; by night no one could sleep for the music; the love letters that used to come to my hand, no one knew how, were innumerable, full of tender pleadings and pledges, containing more promises and oaths than there were letters in them; all which not only did not soften me, but hardened my heart against him, as if he had been my mortal enemy, and as if everything he did to make me yield were done with the opposite intention


    43. But tell me, traitor, when did I by word or sign give a reply to thy prayers that could awaken in thee a shadow of hope of attaining thy base wishes? When were not thy professions of love sternly and scornfully rejected and rebuked? When were thy frequent pledges and still more frequent gifts believed or accepted? But as I am persuaded that no one can long persevere in the attempt to win love unsustained by some hope, I am willing to attribute to myself the blame of thy assurance, for no doubt some thoughtlessness of mine has all this time fostered thy hopes; and therefore will I punish myself and inflict upon myself the penalty thy guilt deserves


    44. At last I resolved to confide in a renegade, a native of Murcia, who professed a very great friendship for me, and had given pledges that bound him to keep any secret I might entrust to him; for it is the custom with some renegades, when they intend to return to Christian territory, to carry about them certificates from captives of mark testifying, in whatever form they can, that such and such a renegade is a worthy man who has always shown kindness to Christians, and is anxious to escape on the first opportunity that may present itself


    45. inconstancy, their double dealing, their broken promises, their unkept pledges, and in short the want of reflection they show in fixing their affections and inclinations


    46. And so saying he stood up and laid his hand on his sword, waiting to see what the Knight of the Grove would do, who in an equally calm voice said in reply, "Pledges don't distress a good payer; he who has succeeded in vanquishing you once when transformed, Sir Don Quixote, may fairly hope to subdue you in your own proper shape; but as it is not becoming for knights to perform their feats of arms in the dark, like highwaymen and bullies, let us wait till daylight, that the sun may behold our deeds; and the conditions of our combat shall be that the vanquished shall be at the victor's disposal, to do all that he may enjoin, provided the injunction be such as shall be becoming a knight


    47. "That is true," replied Sancho; "but pledges don't distress a good payer, and in a house where there's plenty supper is soon cooked; I mean there's no need of telling or warning me about anything; for I'm ready for everything and know a little of everything


    48. "Who should it be," said Sancho, "but Don Quixote of La Mancha himself, who will make good all he has said and all he will say; for pledges don't trouble a good payer


    49. Youth is the time of rash pledges


    50. Fernand was a Spaniard, and being sent to Spain to ascertain the feeling of his fellow-countrymen, found Danglars there, got on very intimate terms with him, won over the support of the royalists at the capital and in the provinces, received promises and made pledges on his own
































    1. He soon discovered that, during his uncertain absence, the people had morally corrupted themselves (of their own volition) by pledging their allegiance to Baal


    2. Contenders for the one million dollars for charity Scow is pledging as a parting gift to the city have been reduced to a list of five finalists


    3. Another amendment was put in the treaty, pledging not to invade


    4. coconut before the Lord and prayed pledging to test the temperature


    5. The Seven all bowed their heads agreeing to follow the young titan and pledging their allegiance to her


    6. should be put in place such as pledging adequate collateral,


    7. “So this is me, on one knee pledging myself, my love and devotion to you in hopes that you’d do me the honor of becoming my wife” he said fervently


    8. They plan to continue importing bears, pledging to increase numbers to 30


    9. Sarah took Mimi and the suit home pledging to meet them as soon as they could while everyone else headed for the council meeting


    10. Hardin surveyed the map and counted the cities pledging their loyalty to him

    11. So it was unsurprising to read this morning in the business press that the CEOs of a number of record labels had sent a letter to The Times pledging their support for HMV, now the biggest UK high street music retailer


    12. My second test was that of curiosity: If she saw the chipped sign and found the room, would she go inside, after receiving no answer when she knocked? The last stage was for her to touch a part of the ritual, therefore, pledging herself to me


    13. was interviewed repeatedly, and gave away merchandise to callers pledging certain amounts


    14. Pledging :Offering assets to a lender as collateral for a loan


    15. He finished off his speech by pledging to support his successor “with all my strength”


    16. It was the first time a pledging had ever happened to him at all, and he was not expecting it


    17. He said, “I accept your pledging


    18. Churches, if you will, persecuting them because they are not pledging allegiance to patriotism or anything else but the Lamb of God—and she will be arrested, we will be imprisoned, hated, beaten and even executed in this nation


    19. As for those who violate the promise to God, after pledging to keep it, and sever what God has commanded to be joined, and spread corruption on earth-these, the curse will be upon them, and they will have the Worst Home


    20. Those who pledge allegiance to you are pledging allegiance to God

    21. dian culture that the practice of vow pledging reached its culmination


    22. "Be it as it may," replied Dorothea, "what happened in my story was that Don Fernando, taking an image that stood in the chamber, placed it as a witness of our betrothal, and with the most binding words and extravagant oaths gave me his promise to become my husband; though before he had made an end of pledging himself I bade him consider well what he was doing, and think of the anger his father would feel at seeing him married to a peasant girl and one of his vassals; I told him not to let my beauty, such as it was, blind him, for that was not enough to furnish an excuse for his transgression; and if in the love he bore me he wished to do me any kindness, it would be to leave my lot to follow its course at the level my condition required; for marriages so unequal never brought happiness, nor did they continue long to afford the enjoyment they began with


    23. We at once gave the renegade five hundred crowns to buy the vessel, and with eight hundred I ransomed myself, giving the money to a Valencian merchant who happened to be in Algiers at the time, and who had me released on his word, pledging it that on the arrival of the first ship from Valencia he would pay my ransom; for if he had given the money at once it would have made the king suspect that my ransom money had been for a long time in Algiers, and that the merchant had for his own advantage kept it secret


    24. I have it from good authority, that, last night (and a pretty night it was!) she and Heathcliff were walking in the plantation at the back of your house, above two hours; and he pressed her not to go in again, but just mount his horse and away with him! My informant said she could only put him off by pledging her word of honour to be prepared on their first meeting after that: when it was to be, he didn't hear; but you urge Mr


    25. Yet it was not without heavy misgivings that I thus bound myself; for, having cast off all duty towards other human beings, there remained a duty towards him; and something whispered me that I was betraying it, in pledging myself to keep your counsel


    26. something he could do to weigh in on Claude’s side; but he had already written to Gregory pledging the


    27. The man from Georgia had one hand on the Bible, silently pledging to uphold or defend or what have you


    28. This is done to facilitate bank borrowings which otherwise could be effected only by the pledging of receivables or inventories as security


    29. I have it from good authority that last night (and a pretty night it was!) she and Heathcliff were walking in the plantation at the back of your house above two hours; and he pressed her not to go in again, but just mount his horse and away with him! My informant said she could only put him off by pledging her word of honour to be prepared on their first meeting after that: when it was to be he didn’t hear; but you urge Mr


    30. It took over the debt to the American Government, pledging itself to pay it by several instalments; and for this the company received, according to the first treaty, one, and then two hundred thousand acres of the best land, selected by itself; perpetual immunity from all taxes and dues for all its factories, operations, and colonies, and the exclusive right for a long period to establish banks in the Fiji Islands, with the privilege of issuing unlimited notes

    31. I have already had a chat with every single person that has been in the habit of pledging things with the old woman—several have given me very useful information—and as you happen to be the last one— By the by," he exclaimed with sudden pleasure, "how lucky I am thinking about it, I was really going to forget it!" (Saying which he turned to Razoumikhin


    32. Howard presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of Kentucky, stating that the King of Great Britain having, by his proclamation of the sixteenth of October, one thousand eight hundred and seven, claimed the allegiance of all persons who may have been born in his dominions, and were not inhabitants of the United States of America at the period of their Revolution, and disregarding the laws of naturalization in other countries, hath authorized the impressment into his service of his pretended subjects, and treated as traitors such as may have taken up arms against him in the service of their adopted country; the petitioners being, at the present time, precluded from the privilege of following commercial pursuits on the high seas in safety, therefore pray that such measures be adopted by Congress as may effectually resist the unjust assumption of power claimed and exercised by a foreign nation; and pledging themselves to support with their lives and fortunes whatever steps may be taken, or acts passed, by the General Government, for the welfare of the Union


    33. It is the expressions of the individual we are combating, and pledging the whole force of the country to protect the President against the consequences of, and not the more palpable injuries received


    34. But, on the other hand, should we not be ready to act on that day, is it not pledging ourselves that we will then act, whether we are ready or not? It would be as well to request the attendance of members immediately, and then we shall not stand committed either to act on or before that day


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