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 halaman |
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... things follow . There have been battles which have fixed the fate of nations . These come down to us in history with a solid and permanent interest , not created by a dis- play of glittering armor , the rush of adverse battalions , the ...
... things follow . There have been battles which have fixed the fate of nations . These come down to us in history with a solid and permanent interest , not created by a dis- play of glittering armor , the rush of adverse battalions , the ...
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... things , rather than surren- der it , could guarantee the long possession of the blessing after- wards . They had counted the cost , and chose the purchase . Glorious , thrice glorious , was the morning , then , when the first shot ...
... things , rather than surren- der it , could guarantee the long possession of the blessing after- wards . They had counted the cost , and chose the purchase . Glorious , thrice glorious , was the morning , then , when the first shot ...
Halaman 39
... things as they are , for fear of being denounced for want of courtesy to the constituted authorities ? Why , to what pass are we come ! Are we to be gagged — reduced to silence ? If nothing else is left to us , the lib- erty of speech ...
... things as they are , for fear of being denounced for want of courtesy to the constituted authorities ? Why , to what pass are we come ! Are we to be gagged — reduced to silence ? If nothing else is left to us , the lib- erty of speech ...
Halaman 43
... things . As he saw behind him , in the fiery jaws of one element , certain destruction , with giant energy did he put by the dense and muffling smoke , and plunged with nerved limbs and dauntless heart into the cold arms of the other ...
... things . As he saw behind him , in the fiery jaws of one element , certain destruction , with giant energy did he put by the dense and muffling smoke , and plunged with nerved limbs and dauntless heart into the cold arms of the other ...
Halaman 45
... things of religion , the concerns of the soul , all these breaking in , in one flood , thrilling every artery of the body , and every faculty of the mind ! O ! who shall attempt to describe that crisis ? They were human . They felt as ...
... things of religion , the concerns of the soul , all these breaking in , in one flood , thrilling every artery of the body , and every faculty of the mind ! O ! who shall attempt to describe that crisis ? They were human . They felt as ...
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Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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...
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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...
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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?
Halaman 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...