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... believe , that dissolution of the Union and war are identical and inevitable ; that they are convertible terms ; and such a war as it would be , following a dissolution of the Union ! Sir , we may search the pages of history , and none ...
... believe , that dissolution of the Union and war are identical and inevitable ; that they are convertible terms ; and such a war as it would be , following a dissolution of the Union ! Sir , we may search the pages of history , and none ...
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... Believe ye the prophets ? I know you do . You know , then , that slavery neither works mines and quarries , nor founds cities , nor builds ships , nor levies armies , nor mans navies . Why , then , will you insist on closing up this new ...
... Believe ye the prophets ? I know you do . You know , then , that slavery neither works mines and quarries , nor founds cities , nor builds ships , nor levies armies , nor mans navies . Why , then , will you insist on closing up this new ...
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... believe that you may as well attempt , with puny arm , to topple down the earth - rooted , heaven - kissing granite which crowns the historic sod of Bunker Hill , as to change her fixed re- solves for freedom everywhere , and especially ...
... believe that you may as well attempt , with puny arm , to topple down the earth - rooted , heaven - kissing granite which crowns the historic sod of Bunker Hill , as to change her fixed re- solves for freedom everywhere , and especially ...
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... believe , how- ever much they may regret it , must lead to a dissolution of the Union . If that is to be the inevitable result , is it not better that this separation should be made by mutual agree- ment , as was done by Abraham and Lot ...
... believe , how- ever much they may regret it , must lead to a dissolution of the Union . If that is to be the inevitable result , is it not better that this separation should be made by mutual agree- ment , as was done by Abraham and Lot ...
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... without a solitary exception , believe that slavery is in itself wrong , and may be maintained tem- race . porarily only , in consequence of the necessities 52 THE PATRIOTIC SPEAKER . 32 Threats of Disunion Disregarded Harlan.
... without a solitary exception , believe that slavery is in itself wrong , and may be maintained tem- race . porarily only , in consequence of the necessities 52 THE PATRIOTIC SPEAKER . 32 Threats of Disunion Disregarded Harlan.
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Popular passages
Page 248 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Page 336 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Page 422 - Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives.
Page 338 - She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,
Page 259 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 205 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart.
Page 338 - But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Page 415 - Thou, too, sail on. O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 84 - Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the national territories and to overrun us here in these free states? If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty fearlessly and effectively.
Page 255 - Thou too, hoar Mount! with thy sky-pointing peaks, Oft from whose feet the avalanche, unheard, Shoots downward, glittering through the pure serene Into the depth of clouds, that veil thy breast Thou too again, stupendous Mountain! thou That as I raise my head, awhile bowed low In adoration, upward from thy base Slow travelling with dim eyes suffused with tears, Solemnly seemest, like a vapoury cloud, To rise before me - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of incense, from the Earth!