The American Orator: With an Appendix Containing the Declaration of Independence, with the Fac-similes of the Autographs of the Signers; the Constitution of the United States; Washington's Farewell Address; and Fac-similes of the Autographs of a Large Number of Distinguished Individualscompiler, 1853 - 448 páginas |
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... dark and terrific death - hour ? The reflections and memories of a life breaking at once upon the throbbing brain , more painful , more torturing , than the flame or flood that was devouring their shrinking bodies ! The cold and ...
... dark and terrific death - hour ? The reflections and memories of a life breaking at once upon the throbbing brain , more painful , more torturing , than the flame or flood that was devouring their shrinking bodies ! The cold and ...
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... Dark , dark was that hearth , from which his familiar face was absent absent to greet them there no more ! FORMATION OF CHARACTER . - W . Wirt . THE man who is so conscious of the rectitude of his intentions as to be willing to open his ...
... Dark , dark was that hearth , from which his familiar face was absent absent to greet them there no more ! FORMATION OF CHARACTER . - W . Wirt . THE man who is so conscious of the rectitude of his intentions as to be willing to open his ...
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... dark , crooked , sordid , debasing consider- ations of self , and substitutes in their place a bolder , loftier , and nobler spirit , —one that will dispose you to consider yourselves as born , not so much for yourselves as for your ...
... dark , crooked , sordid , debasing consider- ations of self , and substitutes in their place a bolder , loftier , and nobler spirit , —one that will dispose you to consider yourselves as born , not so much for yourselves as for your ...
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... darkness that hangs round the throne of a despot , but their light will be like the bale- ful flame that hovers over decaying mortality , and tells of the corruption that festers beneath . The immortal spirit will have gone ; and along ...
... darkness that hangs round the throne of a despot , but their light will be like the bale- ful flame that hovers over decaying mortality , and tells of the corruption that festers beneath . The immortal spirit will have gone ; and along ...
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... the selfish passions , the fierce contentions , and the dark forebodings , of the day ! We need the spirit of '75 to guide us safely amidst the dizzy activities of the times . While our own numbers are increasing AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . 69.
... the selfish passions , the fierce contentions , and the dark forebodings , of the day ! We need the spirit of '75 to guide us safely amidst the dizzy activities of the times . While our own numbers are increasing AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . 69.
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American American Revolution Andrew Jackson arms army battle beauty behold beloved country blessings blood bosom cause character cherish citizens civil constitution continent dark death defence Demosthenes despotism destiny duty earth eloquence empire England Europe existence eyes faith Faneuil Hall fathers fear feel fellow-citizens flag of Massachusetts forever freedom friends genius gentleman glorious glory gratitude hand happiness heart heaven Henry Clay honor hope human illustrious independence influence institutions interest labor land laws Legaré Lexington liberty light live look mankind march of Austria memory ment mighty mind moral nation nature never noble ocean oppression patriotism peace philanthropist political preserve principles prosperity R. H. Dana religion republic republican Revolution Rome sacred scene sentiment shores soil soldier soul South South Carolina spirit stand struggle sublime thought tion triumph truth Union venerable virtue voice Washington whole
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Página 197 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Página 115 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Página 402 - Here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the Union of the whole. The North, in an unrestrained intercourse with the South, protected by the equal Laws of a common government, finds in the productions of the latter, great additional resources of Maratime and commercial enterprise and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The...
Página 93 - Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and Independence forever.
Página 199 - There is a just God, who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Página 394 - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Página 400 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved...
Página 198 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Página 403 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the Union by which they were procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those Advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their Brethren and connect them with Aliens?
Página 400 - FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the Executive Government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed to decline being considered among the number...