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# Stone v. Bank of Commerce

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United States Supreme Court
174 U.S. 412
Stone v. Bank of Commerce
The bill in this case was filed in 1897 by the Bank of Commerce, a citizen and resident of the city of Louisville, in the state of Kentucky, for the purpose of obtaining an injunction restraining the defendants from assessing the complainant, and from collecting or attempting to collect any taxes based upon the assessment spoken of in the bill, and for a final decree establishing the contract right of the complainant to be taxed in the method prescribed by the act of May 17, 1886, known as the 'Hewitt Act,' the terms of which it alleged it had accepted. The bill sought to perpetually enjoin the defendants from assessing the franchise or property of the complainant in any other manner than under that act. The material provisions of the Hewitt act are set out in the opinion of the court, delivered by Mr. Justice White, in the case of Citizens' Sav. Bank of Owensboro v. City of Owensboro, 173 U.S. 636, 19 Sup. Ct. 530, 571.

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# Texas v. White/Dissent Swayne

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* Dissenting Opinions Grier Swayne
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Mr. Justice SWAYNE:
I concur with my brother Grier as to the incapacity of the State of Texas, in her present condition, to maintain an original suit in this court. The question, in my judgment, is one in relation to which this court is bound by the action of the legislative department of the government.
Upon the merits of the case, I agree with the majority of my brethren.
I am authorized to say that my brother MILLER unites with me in these views.
[The decree appears at the end of the opinion of the Court.]
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# Text on the Column of Victory in the grounds of Blenheim Palace

This page contains the text which appears on the Column of Victory in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, UK. The South face contains an account of the events surrounding the Battle of Blenheim, and the remaining faces contain the text of various acts of parliament granting the estate to the Duchy of Marlborough.
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* East face
* North face
* West face
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# Text on the Column of Victory in the grounds of Blenheim Palace/West face

Anno Quinto ANNAE REGINAE
An Act for Settling upon JOHN Duke of MARLBOROUGH and his Posterity, a Pension of Five thousand Pounds PER ANNUM for the more Honourable Support of their Dignities in like manner as his Honours and Dignities, and the Honour and Manor of WOODSTOCK and House of BLENHEIM are already Limited and Settled
# Texas v. United States (384 U.S. 155)/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
384 U.S. 155
Texas v. United States (384 U.S. 155)
The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed. Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, 383 U.S. 663, 86 S.Ct. 1079.
Mr. Justice BLACK dissents for the reasons given in his dissenting opinion in Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, supra.
Mr. Justice HARLAN, joined by Mr. Justice STEWART, dissents for the reasons given in his dissenting opinion in Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, supra.

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# Text on the Column of Victory in the grounds of Blenheim Palace/East face

Anno Tertio et Quarto ANNAE REGINAE
An Act for the better Enabling Her Majesty to Grant the Honor and Manor of WOODSTOCK with the Hundred of WOOTTON to the Duke of MARLBOROUGH and his Heirs, in Consideration of the Eminent Services by him Performed to Her Majesty and the Publick
Most Gracious Sovereign, Whereas the Eminent and Unparalleled Services Performed to Your Majesty and the Crown of ENGLAND by the most Noble IOHN Duke of MARLBOROUGH are well known not only to Your Majesty and all Your Subjects but to all EUROPE, who will always Remember That the Alliances which Your Majesty's Royal Brother King WILLIAM the Third of Glorious Memory, had, in a little time before His Death Contracted by the Ministry of the said Duke of MARLBOROUGH as His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the STATES-GENERAL of the United-Provinces for Preserving the Liberties of EUROPE against the Ambition of FRANCE, were immediately after Your Majesty's Happy Accession to the Throne by the said Duke, then Imployed by Your Majesty in the same Character, Confirmed and Improved, and others were Contracted, whereby the Confederacy which had been Dissolved at the End of the last War, was Reunited in a Stricter and Firmer League; And that in the First Year of Your Majesty's Reign, the said Duke of MARLBOROUGH did so well execute the Commission and Orders which He received from Your Majesty as Captain-General and Commander in Chief of Your Majesty's Forces, That He not only Secured and Extended the Frontier of HOLLAND by Taking the Towns and Fortresses of VENLO, RUREMOND, STEVENSWAERT and LIEGE, but soon obliged the Enemy (who had been at the Gates of NIMEGHEN) to seek Shelter behind their Lines.
# Text on the Column of Victory in the grounds of Blenheim Palace/North face

Anno Quinto ANNAE REGINAE
An Act for the Settling of the Honours and Dignities of JOHN Duke of MARLBOROUGH upon his Posterity, and Annexing the Honour and Manor of WOODSTOCK and House of BLENHEIM, to go along with the said Honours.
# Suggestive programs for special day exercises/Lincoln Day/Spirit of the Mortal be Proud

OH! WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD?
[The following poem, written by William Knox, a Scottish poet of considerable talent, has been widely published. It was a great favorite with President Lincoln, by whom it was often recited.]
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Like a swift, fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud,
A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,
He passeth from life to his rest in the grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,
Be scattered around and together be laid;
And the young and the old, and the low and the high,
Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie.
The infant a mother attended and loved;
The mother that infant's affection who proved,
The husband that mother and infant who blessed,
Each, all, are away to their dwellings of rest.
The hand of the king that the scepter hath borne,
The brow of the priest that the miter hath worn,
The eye of the sage and the heart of the brave,
Are hidden and lost in the depths of the grave.
The peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap,
The herdsman who climed with his goats to the steep,
The beggar who wandered in search of his bread,
Have faded away like the grass that we tread.
The maid on whose cheek, on whose brow, in whose eye,
Shone beauty and pleasure—her triumphs are by;
And the memory of those who loved her and praised,
Are alike from the minds of the living erased.
The saint who enjoyed the communion of heaven,
The sinner who dared to remain unforgiven,
The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just,
Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust.
So the multitude goes, like the flower or ’the weed
That withers away to let others succeed;
So the multitude comes, even those we behold.
To repeat every tale that has often been told.
For we are the same our fathers have been;
We see the same sights our fathers have seen;
We drink the same stream and view the same sun
And run the same course our fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking our fathers would think;
From the death we are shrinking our fathers would shrink;
To the life we are clinging they also would cling,
But it speeds for us all like a bird on the wing.
They loved, but the story we cannot unfold;
They scorned, but the heart of the haughty is cold;
They grieved, but no wail from their slumber will come;
They joyed, but the tongue of their gladness is dumb.
They died, aye! they died; we things that are now
That walk on the turf that lies over their brow,
And make of their dwellings a transient abode.
Meet the things that they met on their pilgrimage road.
Yea! hope and despondency, pleasure and pain,
We mingle together in sunshine and rain;
And the smile and the tear, the song and the dirge.
Still follow each other like surge upon surge.
’Tis the wink of an eye, ’tis the draft of a breath;
From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,
From the gilded saloon to the bier and shroud—
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
# Suggestive programs for special day exercises/Lincoln Day/The Gettysburg Address

ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG.
[Dedication of National Cemetery, Nov., 1863.]
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this; but in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; ​but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be dedicated here to do the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
# Suggestive programs for special day exercises/Lincoln Day/Your Mission

YOUR MISSION.
[May be sung to the tune, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.”]
Do not then stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do;
Fortune is a lazy goddess,
She will never come to you.
Go and toil in any vineyard.
Do not fear to do or dare;
If you want a field of labor.
You can find it everywhere.
# Suggestive programs for special day exercises/Longfellow Day/Childrens Hour

THE CHILDREN’S HOUR.
(To the poet's own children.)
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# Suggestive programs for special day exercises/Lincoln Day/Language of Lincoln

MEMORABLE LANGUAGE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
[For Quotation Exercise.]
The Union must be preserved.
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.
A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws.
I believe this government cannot permanently endure half slave and half free.
No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up from poverty.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
If our sense of duty forbid slavery, then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively.
I hope peace will come soon and come to stay, and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.
In giving freedom to the slaves we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.
Having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.
If this country cannot be saved without giving up the principle of Liberty, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
To sell or enslave any captured person on account of his color and for no offense against the laws of war, is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the civilization of the age.
Do not worry, eat three square meals a day, say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good, steer clear of biliousness, (exercise, go slow and go easy. Maybe there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift.
Gold is good in its place; but living, patriotic men are better than gold.
God must like common people or he would not have made so many.
I am indeed very grateful to the brave men who have been struggling with the enemy in the field.
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.
Let us have that faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
The reasonable man has long since agreed that intemperance is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of all evils among mankind.
The purposes of the Almighty are perfect and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.
​Of the people, when they rise en masse in behalf of the Union and the liberties of their country, truly may it be said,—“The gates of hell can not prevail against them.”
I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you (the people), and not with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office seekers, but with you, is the question. Shall the Union and shall the liberties of the country be preserved to the latest generation?
(The following lines were written by him on a leaf of his copy-book, when he was about eight years old.—)
Abraham Lincoln
his hand and pen.
he will be good but
God knows when.
# Suggestive programs for special day exercises/Lincoln Day/Lincoln (song)

by W. W. Stone
LINCOLN.—A SONG.
Air.—“ Hold the Fort.”
W. W. STONE.
(Written for Lincoln Day, to be sung in 4th and 5th year classes.)
# Suggestive programs for special day exercises/Longfellow Day/From My Arm-Chair

FROM MY ARM-CHAIR.
To the children of Cambridge, who presented to me, on my seventy-second birthday, February 27, 1879, this chair made from the wood of the Village Blacksmith’s chestnut tree.—Longfellow.
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# Suggestive programs for special day exercises/Lincoln Day/Life Sketch of Lincoln

ANECDOTES OF LINCOLN.
Fearless in Speech.—One of the numerous paymasters at Washington sought an introduction to Mr. Lincoln. He arrived at the White House quite opportunely, and was introduced to the President by the United States Marshal, with his blandest smile. While shaking hands with the President, the paymaster remarked, “I have no official business with you, Mr. President; I only called to pay my compliments.” “I understand,” replied “honest Abe;” “and from the complaints of the soldiers, I think that is all you do pay.”
Apt in Illustration.—The following is one of Mr. Lincoln’s characteristic stories:—
I once knew a good, sound churchman, whom we’ll call Brown, who was on a committee to erect a bridge over a very dangerous and rapid river. Architect after architect failed, and at last Brown said he had a friend named Jones, who had built several bridges and could build this. ‘Let’s have him in,’ said the committee. In came Jones. “Can you build this bridge, sir?” “Yes,” replied Jones; “I could build a bridge to the infernal regions, if necessary.” The sober committee were horrified; but when Jones retired, Brown thought it but fair to defend his friend. “I know Jones so well,” said he, “and he is so honest a man, and so good an architect, that, if he states soberly and postively that he can build a bridge to Hades—why, I believe it; but I have my doubts about the abutment on the infernal side.” So, Lincoln added, when politicians said they could harmonize the Northern and Southern wings of the Democracy, why, I believed them; but I had my doubts about the abutment on the Southern side.
Humorous Tact.—As soon as the West Virginia State bill passed Congress, Mr. Carlisle, true to his purpose, went at once to the President. “Now, Mr. Lincoln,” said he, “you must veto that bill.” “Well,” said the honest president, with just the least bit in the world of humor, “I’ll tell you what I’ll do; I’ll split the difference and say nothing about it.”
Mirthful Irony.—Judge Baldwin, an old and highly respectable gentleman, solicited a pass outside the Union lines to see a brother in Virginia, but being refused, finally obtained an interview with Lincoln and stated his case. “Have you applied to General Halleck?” inquired the President. “And met with a flat refusal,” said Judge B. “Then you must see Stanton,” continued the President. “I have, and with the same result,” was the reply. “Well, then,” said the President with a smile of good humor, “I can do nothing, for you must know that I have very little influence with this Administration!”
Unselfish Patriotism.—During a conversation on the approaching election, in 1864, a gentleman remarked to President Lincoln that nothing could defeat him but Grant’s capture of Richmond, to be followed by his nomination at Chicago and acceptance. “Well,” said the President, “I feel very much like the man who said he didn’t want to die particularly, but if he had got to die, that was precisely the disease he would like to die of.”
Note.—These anecdotes may be made a part of the quotation exercise.
# Sultan Bahoo The Life and Teachings

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two part (book) based on biography and teachings of the pre-eminent Sufi saint, Muslim scholar and Sufi poet, Sultan Bahoo. Over 140 books are written by Hazrat Sultan Bahoo of which most are in Persian and in prose form as well as Persian odes and Punjabi Ibyat. This book is the English translation of the original Urdu text called Shams-ul-Fuqara written by Sultan Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman. So far, the book is available in two languages: Urdu and English. It is the only book based on Sultan Bahoo which entails a complete account of the saint’s life and teachings of Sufism also known as ‘Faqr’. It was published in 2014 by Sultan-ul-Faqr Publications Regd.

## Contents

* Preface
* About the Author
PART-I (Life History)
* Family Lineage, Parents and Ancestors
* Birth, Childhood and Education
* Search for The Divine Truth and Oath of Allegiance (Bayat)
* The Spiritual Mentor of Sultan-ul-Arifeen-Syed Abdul Rehman Jilani Dehlvi Rehmat-ul-Allah Alayh
* Research on outward Oath of Allegiance (Bayat) of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo
* Throne of Divine Guidance and Persuasion
* Title and Spiritual Status
* Books
* Family
* Miracles
* Transference of Amanat-e-Elahiya (Trust of Allah)
* Death
* Shrine
* Urs Pak
PART-II (Teachings)
* Faqr
* Talib-e-Maula (Seeker of Allah)
* Irfan-e-Nafs (Knowledge of Inner Self), Khud Shanasi (Self Realization) or Haqeeqat-e-Insan (Reality of Man)
* Ism-e-Allah Zaat (The Personal Name of Allah) and Ism-e-Mohammad (Sacred Name of Mohammad Sall’Allahu Alayhi Wa’alihi Wasallam)
* Murshid Kamil Akmal (The Perfect Spiritual Mentor)
* Ishq-e-Haqeeqi (Divine Love)
* Majlis-e-Mohammadi Sall’Allahu Alayhi Wa’alihi Wasallam (Assembly Of The Holy Prophet)
* Deedar-e-Elahi (Vision of Allah)
* Insan-e-Kamil or Faqeer-e-Kamil (The Universal Man)
* Sultan-ul-Faqr
* Waham (Inward Conversation with The Divine Self)
* Ilm-e-Dawat(The Knowledge of Communication with The Sacred Souls of Shrines)
* Shariat
* Turk-e-Dunya (Renunciation of the World)
* Tasleem-o-Raza (Surrender and Submission to The Divine Will)
* Tawakkal (Trust upon Allah)
* Tafakkur and Muraqbah (Meditation and Concentration)
* GLOSSARY
* REFERENCES
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# Sultan Bahoo The Life and Teachings/Deedar-e-Elahi (Vision of Allah)

Ghaus-ul-Azam Hazrat Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani Razi Allah Anhu says:
"How can a person worship Allah, unless he knows and recognizes Him."
Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo Rehmat-ul-Allah Alayh says: "A person, who does not recognize Allah while addressing Him, is oblivious of the essence of worshipping Allah. The engrossment, depth and fear of Allah that is found in prayers (after having His Vision and Recognition) can never be found elsewhere. Only this is the reason why the prayers were made obligatory thirteen years after the apostleship of Hazrat Mohammad Sall'Allahu Alayhi Wa'alihi Wasallam. During this period, he Sall'Allahu Alayhi Wa'alihi Wasallam taught the intimate mystical knowledge of Marifat-e-Elahi (Gnosis of Allah) to his Companions. They were set to physical prayers, only after the completion of this spiritual knowledge, so that their prayers may not remain soulless."
In the Holy Quran, Allah says:
"I have not created humans and jinns except for my (true) prayers." (Al-Zariyat-56)
In the explanation of this verse Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas Razi Allah Anhu says:
"In this verse (for prayers) exactly and truly means (for my recognition). For sufis, ‘prayers’ in fact mean Marifat and Qurb-e-Elahi (Closeness to Allah), as the purpose of all the prayers is to have His qurb. For prayers, Allah had enough angels. He does not need fasts and prayers of man. What He really desires from His men is that they seek His Qurb, Visal and Marifat through these prayers."
"Verily, those who do not wish to meet (see) Allah and have liked the life of this material world, and are satisfied with it and are neglectful of our signs, will be punished by burning them and their earnings (of this world) in the extreme fire of Hell." (Surah Younus-7,8)
Sultan-ul-Arifeen has discussed the knowledge of Deedar-e-Elahi in all his books thoroughly. He says:
"The Seeker of Deedar-e-Elahi seeks nothing except Allah’s Deedar. So, he sees nothing except Allah. Drowned in his heart and soul, he sees Allah everywhere."
"The best pleasure is the pleasure of seeing the Eternal Beauty i.e. Deedar-e-Elahi. All the pleasures of this material world are inferior as compared to Deedar-e-Elahi because they are mortal and perishable." (Noor-ul-Huda)
# Sultan Bahoo The Life and Teachings/About the Author

Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman is the thirty first Shaikh of the Sarwari Qadri Order and the sixth Shaikh of this Order after Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo. After his Murshid, Sultan-ul-Faqr VI Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali Rehmat-ul-Allah Alayh passed away, Mohammad Najib-ur- Rehman started giving Divine guidance and spiritual instruction. He started granting Ism-e-Allah Zaat and accepting allegiance on the 14th of August 2005. Since then, he has made great efforts and taken revolutionary steps to spread Faqr upon the entire Ummah. Soon, he realized that the golden teachings of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo Rehmat-ul-Allah Alayh need to be spread among the masses and transmitted specially to the new generation in a language understood internationally. Hence, he took on himself the responsibility to translate, republish and recompile Sultan Bahoo’s books. According to his orders, the most important selected topics of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo’s teachings are translated in English language, keeping the true soul of his teachings alive.