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- No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as
- well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have
- just addressed the House. But different men often see the
- same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it
- will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if,
- entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite
- to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and
- without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The
- questing before the House is one of awful moment to this
- country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less
- than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to
- the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the
- debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive
- at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold
- to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at
- such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should
- consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and
- of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which
- I revere above all earthly kings.
- -- Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775.
- @TEXT@
- Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the
- illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a
- painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she
- transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men,
- engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we
- disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see
- not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly
- concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever
- anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the
- whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.
- -- Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775.
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- A committee is a miniature assembly of one or more persons
- that must meet together in order to transact business
- and usually one of its members should be appointed its clerk.
- Whatever is not agreed to by the majority of the members present
- and voting at a meeting (at which a quorum consisting of a
- majority of the members of the committee shall be present)
- cannot form a part of its report. The minority may be permitted
- to submit their views in writing also, either together
- or each member separately, but their report can be presented
- only with general consent or by an incidental motion to receive it.
- The motion takes a second is undebatable, is amendable, requires a
- majority, and is reconsiderable. The rules of the assembly,
- as far as possible, shall apply in committee; but a
- reconsideration of a vote shall be allowed, regardless of the time
- elapsed, only when every member who voted with the majority is
- present when the reconsideration is moved. A committee (except a
- committee of the whole)) may appoint a subcommittee of its own
- members, unless the assembly determines otherwise. When the
- committee is through with the business assigned, a motion is made
- for the committee to "rise" (which is equivalent to the motion
- to adjourn). the chairman (or some member who is more familiar
- with the subject) will make its report to the assembly, as the
- committee decides. The committee ceases to exist as soon
- as the assembly receives the report, if it is not a standing committee.
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- The vibration of the pendulum was at right angles to my
- length. I saw that the crescent was designed to cross the region
- of the heart. It would fray the serge of my robe-it would
- return and repeat its operations-again-and again. Notwithstanding
- its terrifically wide sweep (some thirty feet or more),
- and the hissing vigor of its descent, sufficient to sunder these
- very walls of iron, still the fraying of my robe would be all that,
- for several minutes, it would accomplish. And at this
- thought I paused. I dared not go further than this reflection.
- I dwelt upon it with a pertinacity of attention-as if, in so
- myself to ponder upon the sound of the crescent as it should
- which the friction of cloth produces on the nerves. I pondered upon
- all this frivolity until my teeth were on edge.
- - passage from "The Pit and the Pendulum", Edgar Allan Poe