Proceedings of the Reunion Society of Vermont Officers, ... with Addresses Delivered at Its Meetings, Volume 2Free Press Association, 1906 - Local history |
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... civil functions need not be ludicrous . It would be hard to believe that Scipio at Zama looked one inch more the commander than Hancock at Fredericksburg or Gettysburg , or bore himself more knightly and heroically in danger and ...
... civil functions need not be ludicrous . It would be hard to believe that Scipio at Zama looked one inch more the commander than Hancock at Fredericksburg or Gettysburg , or bore himself more knightly and heroically in danger and ...
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... the entire army . In every great career , whether civil or military , there is one day which is peculiarly memorable ; which by reason , in part , perhaps , of favorable opportunities or especially con- TWENTY - THIRD REUNION . 29.
... the entire army . In every great career , whether civil or military , there is one day which is peculiarly memorable ; which by reason , in part , perhaps , of favorable opportunities or especially con- TWENTY - THIRD REUNION . 29.
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... civil life , his position in statesmanship , his efforts in the forum , were better , never- theless , than could have been fairly anticipated . In how many cases has it been otherwise ! There was no coming short , no disappointment to ...
... civil life , his position in statesmanship , his efforts in the forum , were better , never- theless , than could have been fairly anticipated . In how many cases has it been otherwise ! There was no coming short , no disappointment to ...
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... civil life , and bearing its responsibilities , its duties and its honors most commendably . It is most satisfactory to remember that in the late war you all so gallantly maintained the ancient renown of the Green Mountain Boys for ...
... civil life , and bearing its responsibilities , its duties and its honors most commendably . It is most satisfactory to remember that in the late war you all so gallantly maintained the ancient renown of the Green Mountain Boys for ...
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... civil- ization exists , and all art and literature are living proofs that the great world is not willing that the deeds of brave men in a holy cause should ever fade from its memory . But while nearly everybody admires personal bravery ...
... civil- ization exists , and all art and literature are living proofs that the great world is not willing that the deeds of brave men in a holy cause should ever fade from its memory . But while nearly everybody admires personal bravery ...
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Page 182 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Page 63 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Page 185 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Page 182 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 269 - Finally, it should be the earnest and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect, and affection of the inhabitants of the Philippines by assuring to them in every possible way that full measure of individual rights and liberties which is the heritage of free peoples, and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation, substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule.
Page 194 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 244 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks...
Page 367 - If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. " You have done your best to sacrifice this army.
Page 182 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 167 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect and defend