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... leader gazed to the north , to the south , to the west , with hungry eyes . The dim outlines rose up . The hazy recesses spoke of quiet valleys between the hills . With eager longing , with sad resignation , he looked upon the promised ...
... leader gazed to the north , to the south , to the west , with hungry eyes . The dim outlines rose up . The hazy recesses spoke of quiet valleys between the hills . With eager longing , with sad resignation , he looked upon the promised ...
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... leaders to oaths and solemn trusts ; their violation of the commonest principles of fidelity , sitting in senates , in councils , in places of public confidence , only to betray and to destroy ; the long , gene- ral , and unparalleled ...
... leaders to oaths and solemn trusts ; their violation of the commonest principles of fidelity , sitting in senates , in councils , in places of public confidence , only to betray and to destroy ; the long , gene- ral , and unparalleled ...
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... leaders in the rebellion , and which will , probably , ere long , be given under hand and seal to the public . So the South has never had wrong visited upon it except by that which was inherent in it . This was not , then , the avenging ...
... leaders in the rebellion , and which will , probably , ere long , be given under hand and seal to the public . So the South has never had wrong visited upon it except by that which was inherent in it . This was not , then , the avenging ...
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... leader ; he whom they had believed should redeem Israel , snatched wickedly and igno- miniously from their side ; all their hopes of prosperity and power in this world utterly destroyed . He was to leave them a dismayed and broken ...
... leader ; he whom they had believed should redeem Israel , snatched wickedly and igno- miniously from their side ; all their hopes of prosperity and power in this world utterly destroyed . He was to leave them a dismayed and broken ...
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... leader , to in- spire us from his heavenly seat , where with the other father of his country he sits in glory , while they send united benedictions and lessons of comfort and of guidance down upon their common children - may we not have ...
... leader , to in- spire us from his heavenly seat , where with the other father of his country he sits in glory , while they send united benedictions and lessons of comfort and of guidance down upon their common children - may we not have ...
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Page 205 - This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of Government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men ; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders ; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life.
Page 361 - But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones.
Page 189 - Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth...
Page 248 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page 201 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.
Page 300 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 243 - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 11 - I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth : I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Page 194 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 102 - For Humanity sweeps onward: where to-day the martyr stands, { On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn.