The Life of Charles Sumner: With Choice Specimens of His Eloquence, a Delineation of His Oratorical Character and His Great Speech on KansasDayton and Burdick, 1856 - 329 pages |
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... tion of his oratorical character . The dates and circumstances connected with the delivery of his numerous orations and speeches are given , with comments on the passages quoted , particularly with regard to the style , the grandeur of ...
... tion of his oratorical character . The dates and circumstances connected with the delivery of his numerous orations and speeches are given , with comments on the passages quoted , particularly with regard to the style , the grandeur of ...
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... tion was now turned to the study of juridical sci- ence . Not trusting to genius alone , he inured his mind to incessant and hard study , and read all the legal authors of value which he met with . His labor in this respect was truly ...
... tion was now turned to the study of juridical sci- ence . Not trusting to genius alone , he inured his mind to incessant and hard study , and read all the legal authors of value which he met with . His labor in this respect was truly ...
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... tion to some single but great object , the unweari- ness of labor that is given , not in convulsive and preternatural throes , but by little and little as the strength of the mind may bear it , the accumula- tion of many small efforts ...
... tion to some single but great object , the unweari- ness of labor that is given , not in convulsive and preternatural throes , but by little and little as the strength of the mind may bear it , the accumula- tion of many small efforts ...
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... his profession in his native city . He , however , did not engage in an extensive legal practice , as his chief atten- tion at this time was turned to the science or lite- rature of the law , a subject which , to HON . CHARLES SUMNER . 31.
... his profession in his native city . He , however , did not engage in an extensive legal practice , as his chief atten- tion at this time was turned to the science or lite- rature of the law , a subject which , to HON . CHARLES SUMNER . 31.
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... tion , and classical beauty . I go earnestly and heartily along with many of your sentiments and opinions . They are such as befit an exalted mind and an enlarged benevolence . But from the length and breadth of your doctrine as to war ...
... tion , and classical beauty . I go earnestly and heartily along with many of your sentiments and opinions . They are such as befit an exalted mind and an enlarged benevolence . But from the length and breadth of your doctrine as to war ...
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Page 186 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their...
Page 157 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Page 266 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 291 - 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. 'Tis as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers...
Page 113 - New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth...
Page 37 - It is a beautiful picture in Grecian story, that there was at least one spot, the small island of Delos, dedicated to the gods, and kept at all times sacred from war, where the citizens of hostile countries met and united in a common worship.
Page 170 - The Senator from South Carolina has read many books of chivalry, and believes himself a chivalrous knight, with sentiments of honor and courage. Of course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight—I mean the harlot. Slavery.
Page 291 - For humanity sweeps onward: where today 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. 'Tis as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers
Page 8 - ... at this day. It is the law written by the finger of God on the heart of man...
Page 220 - Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung A hideous peal ; yet, when they list, would creep, If aught disturbed their noise, into her womb, And kennel there, yet there still barked and howled Within unseen.