This we know, that the time elapsing between the assassin's shot and the lamented death of his victim has been sufficient for the supremacy of reason and the subjugation of passion so far as to prevent any immediate dire results to free government.
Jacobs notes that reason has prevailed over passion in the wake of a national tragedy, preventing immediate chaos.
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Pioneers, Washington, with all her grand resources--developed and yet to be developed--won by your privations, courage and patriotism, is your gift to the Union, to be consecrated to liberty, regulated by law, forever.
However, I was trying to show that pioneer lawyers were forced to do their own reasoning, to rely upon their own intellectual powers.
Peace has her victories no less renowned than war's.
The silent influence of our institutions has secured the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands--the gem of the Pacific and the outward bulwark of the Pacific States.
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