 There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard for ancestry, which nourishes only a weak pride; as there is also a care for posterity, which only disguises an habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and groveling vanity. But there is also...  Speeches and Forensic Argumentspor Daniel Webster - 1835Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | John Matthews (of London) - 1903 - 300 páginas
...MATTHEWS. 93 AND 94, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, WC "THERE 1s A MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL RESPECT ran OVR ANCESTORS WHICH ELEVATES THE CHARACTER AND IMPROVES THE HEART. NEXT TO THE SENSE OP RELIGIOUS Dc'TY AND MORAL KEELING, I HARDLY KNOW WHAT SHOI'LD BEAR WITH STRONGER OBLIGATION ON A... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1904 - 328 páginas
...and there often is, indeed, a regard for ancestry, which nourishes only a weak pride, as there is 5 also a care for posterity, which only disguises an...which elevates the character and improves the heart. 10 Next to the sense of religious duty and moral feeling, I hardly know what should bear with stronger... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1904 - 566 páginas
...future, and terminating at last, with the consummation of all things earthly, at the throne of God. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and grovelling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1904 - 328 páginas
...the future, and terminating at last with the consummation of all things earthly at the throne of God. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...ancestry, which nourishes only a weak pride, as there is 5 also a care for posterity, which only disguises an habitual avarice .or hides the workings of a low... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1904 - 386 páginas
...thirty-nine. The present prime minister was just under thirty-nine when he first attained cabinet rank. THERE may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard for ancestry which nourishes only a weak pride. But there is, also, a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors which elevates the character... | |
 | David Gregg, Sidney Howard Carney (Jr) - 1904 - 498 páginas
...talk. Bacon says, " Histories make men wise"; we are in search of histories. Webster says, " There is a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors which elevates the character and refines the heart," we are in search of that moral and philosophical respect. We have the heritage... | |
 | Lawrence Van Alstyne, Charles Burr Ogden - 1907 - 664 páginas
...lives which they lived, endure what they endured, and partake in the rewards which they enjoyed. . . . "There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and grovelling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates... | |
 | 1918 - 650 páginas
...STRATTON Page 243. STRATTONS OF LONG ISLAND RICHARD STRATTON OF EASTHAMPTON (Chart C, Vol. I) "There is a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors which elevates the character and improves the mind." DANIEL, WERSTER. ABOUT 1720 a tract of land (about 700 acres) was set off in what is now South... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 páginas
...looking before and aft«r, to hold communion at once with our ancestors and our posterity. There is level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with anil improves the heart. Next to the sense of religions duty and moral feeling, I hardly know what... | |
 | 1928 - 84 páginas
...address by Daniel Webster, of over a century ago, tells a free people's need of knowing their genealogy: "There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard...habitual avarice, or hides the workings of. a low and grovelling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors which elevates... | |
| |
