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" I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. "
Educational Issues of Concern to the 84th Congress; a Report Prepared in the ... - Page 33
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor - 1955 - 61 pages
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Washington County, and the Early Settlement of Ohio: Being the Centennial ...

Israel Ward Andrews - 1877 - 92 pages
...law-givers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus j but I doubt whether one single law of any law-giver, ancient or modern, has...and lasting character than the ordinance of 1787." Judge Timothy Walker says : " It approaches as near to absolute perfection as anything to be 'found...
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The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History ..., Volume 14

Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1892 - 450 pages
...lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus ; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has...and lasting character than the ordinance of 1787. That instrument was drawn by Nathan Dane, then and now a citizen of Massachusetts. It was adopted,...
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The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 25

John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1891 - 568 pages
...schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged," Webster said: " I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has...of more distinct, marked, and lasting character." Next in educational importance to the ordinance of 1787 comes the congressional grant of 1862 providing...
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Maryland's Influence in Founding a National Commonwealth, Or ..., Volumes 9-12

Frederick J. Brown, Herbert Baxter Adams, Samuel Alexander Harrison, Sebastian Ferris Streeter - 1877 - 136 pages
...the educational interests of the Great North- West. "I doubt," says Daniel Webster,2 " whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of 1 Journals of Congress, IV., p. 380. more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance...
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Education, Volume 7

1887 - 804 pages
...law-givers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus ; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has...and lasting character than the ordinance of 1787; we see its consequences at this moment, and we shall never cease to see them, perhaps, while the Ohio...
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A Collection of Historical and Biographical Pamphlets

Robert Samuel Rantoul - 1881 - 690 pages
...lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus ; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. That instrument was drawn by Nathan Dane, then and now a citizen of Massachusetts. It was adopted,...
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Divine Guidance: Memorial of Allen W. Dodge

Gail Hamilton - 1881 - 358 pages
...consecrated it for ever to liberty and light. Of this ordinance Daniel Webster said: "I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." Judge Walker said : '-' It approaches as nearly to absolute perfection as anything to be found in the...
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The Works of Daniel Webster..., Volume 3

Daniel Webster - 1881 - 578 pages
...lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus ; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has...marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1767. That instrument was drawn by Nathan Dane, then and now a citizen of Massachusetts. It \v as adopted,...
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History of Congregationalism from about A.D. 250 to the Present ..., Volume 5

George Punchard - 1881 - 728 pages
...United States Northwest of the River Ohio.* * Mr. Webster said of this ordinance : " I doubt whether one single law of any Lawgiver, ancient or modern, has...more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the The passage of this ordinance, July 13th, 1787, probably decided the immediate movements of the first...
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The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 6

John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1881 - 558 pages
...accustomed to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus, but I doubt whether any single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of a more distinct, marked and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." Also, the late Chief Justice...
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