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... Mercy — Use of the Pardoning Power — X . The Vallandigham Affair — The Horace Gree- ley Incident — Triumphs of Humor — XI . Promotion of General Hooker — A Prophecy and its Fulfillment — XII - States Rights vs. Territorial Integrity ...
... Mercy — Use of the Pardoning Power — X . The Vallandigham Affair — The Horace Gree- ley Incident — Triumphs of Humor — XI . Promotion of General Hooker — A Prophecy and its Fulfillment — XII - States Rights vs. Territorial Integrity ...
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... is not true . This shows that there is some mercy even in hell . They were infinitely interested in these questions . And yet , the people were social , fond of games , of outdoor sports , full of song and story , ROBERT BURNS . 85.
... is not true . This shows that there is some mercy even in hell . They were infinitely interested in these questions . And yet , the people were social , fond of games , of outdoor sports , full of song and story , ROBERT BURNS . 85.
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Contents
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GenerationSlaveryPrinciple Sacrificed to SuccessLincolns | 173 |
stealing ChildrenII The Days of YouthHis EducationChooses | 248 |
The History of Intellectual Progress is written in the Lives | 308 |
MartyrdomThe First to die for Truth without Expectation of | 395 |
BibleEstablishment of the Mosaic CodeMoses not the Author | 519 |
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Page 93 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 296 - Dark mother always gliding near with soft feet, Have none chanted for thee a chant of fullest welcome? Then I chant it for thee, I glorify thee above all, I bring thee a song that when thou must indeed come, come unfalteringly. Approach strong...
Page 61 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Page 42 - This castle hath a pleasant seat ; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. Ban. This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his lov'd mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd The air is delicate.
Page 295 - Lo, the most excellent sun so calm and haughty, The violet and purple morn with just-felt breezes, The gentle soft-born measureless light, The miracle spreading bathing all...
Page 58 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 159 - ... and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 67 - I am dying, Egypt, dying ; only I here importune death awhile, until Of many thousand kisses the poor last I lay upon thy lips.— Cleo.