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Page 137 - Rest is not quitting The busy career; Rest is the fitting Of self to its sphere.
Page 252 - The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor thereof ) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
Page 261 - An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii...
Page 288 - XI, together with the views of the minority, shall be delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar under the direction of the Speaker, in accordance with the foregoing clause, and the titles or subject thereof shall be entered on the Journal and printed in the Record...
Page 131 - Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear — these are the fundamentals of moral world order.
Page 262 - The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment was agreed to.
Page 309 - To the Senate of the United States: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification...
Page 266 - SENATE BILLS REFERRED Bills of the Senate of the following titles were taken from the Speaker's table and, under the rule, referred as follows: S.
Page 220 - Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus...
Page 261 - By section 76 of an act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii...