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> [Tracing the progress of mankind in the ascending path of civilization, and moral and intellectual culture, our fathers found that the divine ordinance of government, in every stage of the ascent, was adjustable on principles of common reason to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-m-evarts/tracing-the-progress-of-mankind-in-the-ascending-path-of-civilization/)

[William M. Evarts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-m-evarts/)

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## More by William M. Evarts

> [The world can absorb only doses of truth... too much would kill it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-m-evarts/the-world-can-absorb-only-doses-of-truth-too-much-would-kill-it/)

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> [It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-m-evarts/it-is-faith-among-men-that-holds-the-moral-elements-of-society/)

[William M. Evarts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-m-evarts/)

> [Truth is to the moral world what gravitation is to the material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-m-evarts/truth-is-to-the-moral-world-what-gravitation-is-to-the-material/)

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> [The dignity of the act is the deliberate, circumspect, open, and serene performance by these men in the clear light of day, and by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-m-evarts/the-dignity-of-the-act-is-the-deliberate-circumspect-open-and-serene/)

[William M. Evarts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-m-evarts/)

> [Tracing the progress of mankind in the ascending path of civilization, and moral and intellectual culture, our fathers found that the divine ordinance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-m-evarts/tracing-the-progress-of-mankind-in-the-ascending-path-of-civilization/)

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> [The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-m-evarts/the-pious-ones-of-plymouth-who-reaching-the-rock-first-fell-upon/)

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