Word: conquests
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...year 1901-'02. The following subjects for theses are proposed by the committee: The Idea of Beauty, as developed in Plato's writings and else-where in Greek Literature; A Comparison between the Tragedies of Seneca and their Greek Originals; The Constitution of Athens, from Solon to the Macedonian Conquest; Writing in the Mycenaean...
...Porto Rico, Congress is not limited by constitutional provision for uniformity of duties, etc. This we maintain on the ground that Porto Rico is not a part of the United States as regards the constitution, and that Congress has the power to legislate for it in this condition. That conquest did not make Porto Rico a part of the United States is clear from the decision of the court in Fleming vs. Page (9 Howard). The court said in regard to Tampica, a conquest by the United States: 'It was undoubtedly under the sovereign dominion of the United States...