...—JOHN RANDOLPH. " The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power."—ALEXANDER HAMILTON. " Little...

...conviction : " The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." James Otis, the fiery tongue of the early Revolution,...

...musty records. They are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." — ALEXANDER HAMILTON. " Little can be added to what has been said and written on the subject of slavery....

...sacred rights of mankind," he rejoined, " are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the...and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. Civil liberty cannot be wrested from any people without the most manifold violation of justice and...

..."The sacred rights of mankind," he declared, "are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records ; they are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." He insisted on the duty of resistance,...

...said, in part: "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rumagcd for among old parchments or musty records ; they are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." Hamilton insisted on the duty...

...musty records ; they are written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." Hamilton insisted on the duty of resistance, pointed out the means and certainty of success, and described...

...which they disdained to argue but declared to be self-evident; truths, said Alexander Hamilton, that are "written as with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature and not to be erased or obscured by mortal power." That assertion of liberty as a natural right was...

...of this plea. The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written as with a sunbeam, in the...can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." 1197 No concession. Compare from American Taxation, Burke 's notion of the alternatives: "If you do...

...of eighteen, subsequently commanded a battalion of light infantry for among old parchments and musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the...and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. Civil liberty cannot be wrested from any people without the most manifold violation of justice, and...