The History of Liberty: A Paper Read Before the New York Historical Society, February 6, 1866 |
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... crowd , and the auditorium was half full . . . At three o'clock when the opening notes of the afternoon performance were sounded , the gathering almost defies description . Nothing like it has ever been seen in this or any other city ...
... crowd , and the auditorium was half full . . . At three o'clock when the opening notes of the afternoon performance were sounded , the gathering almost defies description . Nothing like it has ever been seen in this or any other city ...
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... crowds of last night , as they gathered in the cor- ridors of hotels , under awnings , and in the abundant places of refreshment near the grounds , talked of little else than the weather . It rained dismally , and the wind almost took ...
... crowds of last night , as they gathered in the cor- ridors of hotels , under awnings , and in the abundant places of refreshment near the grounds , talked of little else than the weather . It rained dismally , and the wind almost took ...
Page 149
... crowd of dignitaries with their ladies , chorus - singers , musicians and officials connected in some way with the Exhibition , that both time and endurance were required to pass the gate . Only one door of the building was opened , and ...
... crowd of dignitaries with their ladies , chorus - singers , musicians and officials connected in some way with the Exhibition , that both time and endurance were required to pass the gate . Only one door of the building was opened , and ...
Page 150
... crowd within view at any time could not have been much less than 100,000 persons . It was already evident that the thoughtless eagerness of the masses to get nearer the central point of interest would lead to trouble , if not to danger ...
... crowd within view at any time could not have been much less than 100,000 persons . It was already evident that the thoughtless eagerness of the masses to get nearer the central point of interest would lead to trouble , if not to danger ...
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... crowd . The appearance of such a mass of humanity was some- thing remarkable . It took on a strange , enormous individ- uality , now seemingly agitated by a general tremulous motion , now writhing and undulating like the muscles under ...
... crowd . The appearance of such a mass of humanity was some- thing remarkable . It took on a strange , enormous individ- uality , now seemingly agitated by a general tremulous motion , now writhing and undulating like the muscles under ...
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Page 84 - 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 54 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 99 - Faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 6 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 24 - ... in geographical position, but in their politics, their feelings, and their manners. Then first appeared with distinctness that constitution which has ever since, through all changes, preserved its identity ; that constitution of which all the other free constitutions in the world are copies, and which, in spite of some defects, deserves to be regarded as the best under which any great society has ever yet existed during many ages.
Page 32 - Make way for Liberty!" he cried, Then ran, with arms extended wide, As if his dearest friend to clasp; Ten spears he swept within his grasp. "Make way for Liberty!
Page 6 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate. We know what master laid thy keel; What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel; Who made each mast and sail and rope ; What anvils rang, what hammers beat; In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope.
Page 110 - Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common centre all things tend; So earth, by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres. At our Antipodes are cities, states, And thronged empires, ne'er divined of yore. But see, the Sun speeds on his western path To glad the nations with expected light.
Page 84 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in houor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 99 - Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...