McClure's Magazine ..., Volume 12S. S. McClure, Limited, 1899 |
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... ships to the tiny houses , all seem like a nursery model of nature lighted by a full - grown sun and covered by a full - grown sky . The slope falls away for miles to the water's edge at Torre del Greco , with Resina , Portici , and ...
... ships to the tiny houses , all seem like a nursery model of nature lighted by a full - grown sun and covered by a full - grown sky . The slope falls away for miles to the water's edge at Torre del Greco , with Resina , Portici , and ...
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... ships , and ordered repairs on the old ones ; he directed that the crew of every ship be recruited to its full strength ; he crammed the bins of every naval supply station with coal . Con- sequently , when Admiral Dewey arrived at Hong ...
... ships , and ordered repairs on the old ones ; he directed that the crew of every ship be recruited to its full strength ; he crammed the bins of every naval supply station with coal . Con- sequently , when Admiral Dewey arrived at Hong ...
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... ships , and are posted at the town defenses . Spanish forces , if they cannot withstand the We now expect an attack at any moment . attack , as they cannot if there are many . A flag of truce has been sent in to - day , but Americans ...
... ships , and are posted at the town defenses . Spanish forces , if they cannot withstand the We now expect an attack at any moment . attack , as they cannot if there are many . A flag of truce has been sent in to - day , but Americans ...
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... ships ; that the Americans were going to attack the town , and that he meant to defend it and do his duty . The Red Cross flag is flying to - day on the hospitals and on the barracks where Hobson is . We now know that the American ...
... ships ; that the Americans were going to attack the town , and that he meant to defend it and do his duty . The Red Cross flag is flying to - day on the hospitals and on the barracks where Hobson is . We now know that the American ...
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... ships , and 1,000 volunteers ; but some are at the Cruz , others at Morro , San Miguel de Paradas . Therefore , there are certainly not more than 5,000 opposed to the Americans . I should say were , " for any quantity on both sides must ...
... ships , and 1,000 volunteers ; but some are at the Cruz , others at Morro , San Miguel de Paradas . Therefore , there are certainly not more than 5,000 opposed to the Americans . I should say were , " for any quantity on both sides must ...
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Page 263 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government...
Page 525 - We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth.
Page 261 - I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper, ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Page 169 - My friends: No one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.
Page 262 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it.
Page 261 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension.
Page 291 - Take up the White man's burden And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better, The hate of those ye guard The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah, slowly!) toward the light: "Why brought ye us from bondage, "Our loved Egyptian night?
Page 324 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union...
Page 324 - And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question whether a constitutional republic or democracy — a government of the people by the same people — can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes.
Page 262 - 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 it.