The Spanish Revolution, 1868-1875

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Small, Maynard, 1898 - Spain - 293 pages
 

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Page 54 - the public or private exercise of any other form of worship is guaranteed to all foreigners resident in Spain without any further limitations than the universal rules of morality and right—las reglas universales de la moral y del derecho. If any Spaniards profess a religion other than the Catholic, all that the last clause provides is applicable to them.
Page 58 - Great is the religion of power, but greater is the religion of love. Great is the religion of implacable justice, but greater is the religion of pardoning mercy. And I, in the name of that religion, I, in the name of the Gospel, come here to ask you to write in the front of your fundamental code—Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity amongst all mankind.
Page 104 - ... of forces in Europe, and imperil the interests and honour of France. We have the firm hope that this eventuality will not be realised. To hinder it, we count both on the wisdom of the German people and on the friendship of the Spanish people. If that should not be so, strong in your support and in that of the nation, we shall know how to fulfil our duty without hesitation and without weakness.
Page 54 - Constitution of 1876, a restricted liberty of worship is allowed to Protestants, but it has to be entirely in private, all public announcements of the same being strictly forbidden. The Constitution likewise enacts that ' the nation binds itself to maintain the worship and ministers of the Roman Catholic religion.
Page 217 - Who sustained the idea of the autonomy of Hungary? A Republican, Kossuth. Who realised it? A Conservative, Deak. Who advanced the idea of the abolition of serfdom in Russia? Republicans. Who realised it? An Emperor, Alexander. Who preached the unity of Italy? A Republican, Mazzini. Who realised it? A Conservative, Cavour. Who originated the idea of the unity of Germany? The Republicans of Frankfort. Who realised it? An Imperialist, a Caesarist, Bismarck. Who has awakened the Republican idea, three...
Page 269 - ... Princes never transacted serious business in the ancient time of the Monarchy, and this most just rule of conduct will not be forgotten by me in the present state of things, and when all Spaniards are already used to Parliamentary proceedings. When cases shall arise, it will be easy for a truehearted Prince and a free people to understand each other, and to agree upon all the questions which may have to be decided.
Page 59 - ... three angles of a triangle were not equal to two right angles...
Page 146 - This seemed to him, he declared in the Debate on the Address, in reply to the King's speech...
Page 91 - If this will not attract them, so much the worse for them and so much the better for Lucretia.
Page 104 - He hoped this would not happen ; they relied on the wisdom of the German and the friendship of the Spanish people...

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