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Page xxxvi
... humanity this circumstance may now inspire , the war must be looked upon , in reviewing the past , as a great chapter in the progress of the country , which could not be passed over . When we reflect on the influence of the conflict ...
... humanity this circumstance may now inspire , the war must be looked upon , in reviewing the past , as a great chapter in the progress of the country , which could not be passed over . When we reflect on the influence of the conflict ...
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... human race . " Without wishing to detract in any degree from the praise due to Mr. McGregor for his judicious and liberal conduct on this occasion , the credit of the main result is exclusively due to his American correspondent . A ...
... human race . " Without wishing to detract in any degree from the praise due to Mr. McGregor for his judicious and liberal conduct on this occasion , the credit of the main result is exclusively due to his American correspondent . A ...
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... human prudence than of Providential interposition . * Mr. Web- ster has at all times been fully aware of the evils of anarchy , discord , and civil war at home , and of utter national insignifi- cance abroad , from which the formation ...
... human prudence than of Providential interposition . * Mr. Web- ster has at all times been fully aware of the evils of anarchy , discord , and civil war at home , and of utter national insignifi- cance abroad , from which the formation ...
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... human merit . In that admirable treatise on the Republic , of which some precious chapters have been re- stored to us after having been lost for ages , he does not hesi- tate to affirm , that there is nothing in which human virtue ap ...
... human merit . In that admirable treatise on the Republic , of which some precious chapters have been re- stored to us after having been lost for ages , he does not hesi- tate to affirm , that there is nothing in which human virtue ap ...
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... human knowledge or improves human happiness , we are not altogether unworthy of our origin . There is a local feeling connected with this occasion , too strong to be resisted ; a sort of genius of the place , which in- spires and awes ...
... human knowledge or improves human happiness , we are not altogether unworthy of our origin . There is a local feeling connected with this occasion , too strong to be resisted ; a sort of genius of the place , which in- spires and awes ...
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Page xcvii - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Page xciv - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
Page 226 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Page 150 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Page 135 - If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies ; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies, and I know that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts and cannot be eradicated.
Page 270 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 131 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
Page lxxi - Him! cut off by Providence in the hour of overwhelming anxiety and thick gloom ; falling ere he saw the star of his country rise; pouring out his generous blood like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! — how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure ! This monument may moulder away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea; but thy memory shall...
Page 135 - ... it, resolved to stand with it, or fall with it. Send it to the public halls; proclaim it there; let them hear it who heard the first roar of the enemy's cannon; let them see it who saw their brothers and their sons fall on the field of Bunker Hill and in the streets of Lexington and Concord, and the very walls will cry out in its support.
Page 133 - The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why, then, should we defer the Declaration?