Orations and Speeches [1845-1850], Volume 1Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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... happiness . It is in this way , that you may conquer us . Nothing is more shameful for a man , than to found his title to esteem , not on his own merits , but on the fame of his ancestors . The Glory of the Fathers is doubtless to their ...
... happiness . It is in this way , that you may conquer us . Nothing is more shameful for a man , than to found his title to esteem , not on his own merits , but on the fame of his ancestors . The Glory of the Fathers is doubtless to their ...
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... happiness of the people com- mitted to its care that it may perform its great part in the World's History that it may fulfill the aspira- tions of generous hearts and , practising that right- eousness which exalteth a Nation , thus ...
... happiness of the people com- mitted to its care that it may perform its great part in the World's History that it may fulfill the aspira- tions of generous hearts and , practising that right- eousness which exalteth a Nation , thus ...
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... happiness of its people , all of which are in- consistent with War . In the clear eye of Christian judgment vain are its victories ; infamous are its spoils . He is the true benefactor and alone worthy of Honor , who brings comfort ...
... happiness of its people , all of which are in- consistent with War . In the clear eye of Christian judgment vain are its victories ; infamous are its spoils . He is the true benefactor and alone worthy of Honor , who brings comfort ...
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... happiness of his people , whose respect for the rights of others , whose conscience void of offence before God and man , make him foremost among Christian rulers , the highest example for a Christian prince or a Christian people , - a ...
... happiness of his people , whose respect for the rights of others , whose conscience void of offence before God and man , make him foremost among Christian rulers , the highest example for a Christian prince or a Christian people , - a ...
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... happiness in pleasures of sense , unconscious of the higher delights of knowledge , of justice , and of love . The animal part of his nature reigns supreme , and he is driven on by the gross im- pulses of force . He seeks contests , war ...
... happiness in pleasures of sense , unconscious of the higher delights of knowledge , of justice , and of love . The animal part of his nature reigns supreme , and he is driven on by the gross im- pulses of force . He seeks contests , war ...
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Page 370 - Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us ; and to be merciful, just, and pure (Science and Health, p.
Page 178 - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and, without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Page 83 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Page 111 - Ten of them were sheathed in steel. With belted sword and spur on heel: They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day nor yet by night: They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred.
Page 217 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 298 - Whereto thus Adam fatherly displeased. "O execrable son so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given; He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.
Page 324 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Page 20 - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Page 45 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 116 - This little State," says Oldmixon, " subsisted in the midst of six Indian nations, without so much as a Militia for its defence.