Washington's Farewell Address, and Webster's Bunker Hill OrationsMacmillan Company, 1915 - 131 pages |
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Page xv
... changed the name of the old fort of the wilderness to Pitt . Arduous , preparatory up- building were these harassing years of his first military life . When Washington was twenty - six years old , he married a beautiful widow of like ...
... changed the name of the old fort of the wilderness to Pitt . Arduous , preparatory up- building were these harassing years of his first military life . When Washington was twenty - six years old , he married a beautiful widow of like ...
Page lvii
... changed to peace . 2. The departed heroes . 3. Apostrophe to Warren . 4. Sympathy with other revolutionary soldiers . 5. Address to veterans of all the battles . 6. Overwhelming joy in their service to mankind . V. Immediate causes and ...
... changed to peace . 2. The departed heroes . 3. Apostrophe to Warren . 4. Sympathy with other revolutionary soldiers . 5. Address to veterans of all the battles . 6. Overwhelming joy in their service to mankind . V. Immediate causes and ...
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... changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people , is sacredly obligatory upon all . The very idea of the power and the right of the peo- ple to establish government presupposes the duty of 20 every individual to obey the ...
... changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people , is sacredly obligatory upon all . The very idea of the power and the right of the peo- ple to establish government presupposes the duty of 20 every individual to obey the ...
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... changed . Yet , notwithstanding that this is but a faint ab- stract of the things which have happened since the day of the battle of Bunker Hill , we are but fifty years removed from it ; and we now stand here to enjoy all 15 the ...
... changed . Yet , notwithstanding that this is but a faint ab- stract of the things which have happened since the day of the battle of Bunker Hill , we are but fifty years removed from it ; and we now stand here to enjoy all 15 the ...
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... changed ! You hear now no roar of hostile cannon , you see no mixed volumes of smoke and flame rising from burning Charlestown . The Ic ground strewed with the dead and the dying ; the impetuous charge ; the steady and successful ...
... changed ! You hear now no roar of hostile cannon , you see no mixed volumes of smoke and flame rising from burning Charlestown . The Ic ground strewed with the dead and the dying ; the impetuous charge ; the steady and successful ...
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Page 1 - I beg you, at the same time, to do me the justice to be assured, that this resolution has not been taken, without a strict regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country ; and that, in withdrawing the tender of service, which silence, in my situation, might imply, I am influenced by no diminution of zeal for your future interest ; no deficiency of grateful respect for your past kindness ; but am supported by a full conviction, that the step...
Page 25 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Page 5 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 6 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 3 - 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 country, for the many honors it has conferred upon me ; still more for the steadfast confidence with which it has supported me...
Page 21 - The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Page 20 - OBSERVE good faith and justice towards all nations, cultivate peace and harmony with all ; religion and morality enjoin, this conduct ; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 20 - ... timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it; avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace, to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.
Page 12 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Page 18 - Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation DESERT the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ; and let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion.