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... moral power , rules even the sword , and escapes unharmed from the field of car- nage ; giving to battles all that they can have of lustre , and to warriors their only glory ; surviving martyrdoms , and safe amid the wreck of states ...
... moral power , rules even the sword , and escapes unharmed from the field of car- nage ; giving to battles all that they can have of lustre , and to warriors their only glory ; surviving martyrdoms , and safe amid the wreck of states ...
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... morality been constantly tending to subdue the supremacy of brute force , to refine passion , to enrich litera- ture with the varied forms of pure thought and delicate feeling ! How has social life been improved , and every variety of ...
... morality been constantly tending to subdue the supremacy of brute force , to refine passion , to enrich litera- ture with the varied forms of pure thought and delicate feeling ! How has social life been improved , and every variety of ...
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... morals , he identified himself with the cause which he venerated . The crown was to him the emblem of all rightful power . He had that worst quality of evil , that he , as it were , adored himself ; and regarded opposition to his ...
... morals , he identified himself with the cause which he venerated . The crown was to him the emblem of all rightful power . He had that worst quality of evil , that he , as it were , adored himself ; and regarded opposition to his ...
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... morality was never suffered to restrain the passion for conquest . Austria preyed upon Italy until Alfieri could only say , in his despair , that despotic power had left him no country to serve ; nor did the invader permit the thought ...
... morality was never suffered to restrain the passion for conquest . Austria preyed upon Italy until Alfieri could only say , in his despair , that despotic power had left him no country to serve ; nor did the invader permit the thought ...
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... morals than the men of any former republic . By calm meditation . and friendly councils they had prepared a constitution which , in the union of freedom with strength and order , excelled every one known before ; and which secured ...
... morals than the men of any former republic . By calm meditation . and friendly councils they had prepared a constitution which , in the union of freedom with strength and order , excelled every one known before ; and which secured ...
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Page 465 - I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea...
Page 430 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 368 - And for him who sat by the chimney lug, Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, 'It might have been.' Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these :
Page 476 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 427 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 401 - MY faith looks up to thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour Divine! Now hear me while I pray; Take all my guilt away ; Oh, let me, from this day, Be wholly thine!
Page 363 - BLESSINGS on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry whistled tunes ; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill ; With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace ; From my heart I give thee joy, — I was once a barefoot boy ! Prince thou art, — the grown-up man Only is republican.
Page 478 - That on the first day of January, in the year of "our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty"three, all persons held as slaves within any State or "designated part of a State, the people whereof shall "then be in rebellion against the United States, shall "be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 139 - Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven, And veils the farm-house at the garden's end. The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
Page 159 - TF the red slayer think he slays, -*- Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again.