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... learned arguments of our lawyers are far better adapted to persuade a jury or convince a judge than to give charm to a pleasant volume like this . Many able and distinguished men among us have published nothing , that has come to our ...
... learned arguments of our lawyers are far better adapted to persuade a jury or convince a judge than to give charm to a pleasant volume like this . Many able and distinguished men among us have published nothing , that has come to our ...
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... learned in England , could their astonishment be expressed in witnessing the triumph of human ingenuity and the won- ders of mechanical skill , which would there be shown them ? When they cast their eyes over the country which , even at ...
... learned in England , could their astonishment be expressed in witnessing the triumph of human ingenuity and the won- ders of mechanical skill , which would there be shown them ? When they cast their eyes over the country which , even at ...
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... learned and eloquent men , from Moody to Buckminster , have at once enforced the doctrines and illustrated the spirit of christianity . The venerated name which I have last pronounced can scarcely be uttered from this place without ...
... learned and eloquent men , from Moody to Buckminster , have at once enforced the doctrines and illustrated the spirit of christianity . The venerated name which I have last pronounced can scarcely be uttered from this place without ...
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... learned biographer , who by the exer- tion of rare intellectual talents , acquired a knowledge of arts , sciences , and languages , which has seldom been THE BIBLE . 37 equalled , and scarcely , if THE BIBLE AS A HUMAN COMPOSITION ...
... learned biographer , who by the exer- tion of rare intellectual talents , acquired a knowledge of arts , sciences , and languages , which has seldom been THE BIBLE . 37 equalled , and scarcely , if THE BIBLE AS A HUMAN COMPOSITION ...
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... learned professions may perhaps not be inferior to those which enable their possessor to set a squadron in the field , or to direct the array of a battle ; and Chief Justice Rich- ardson exhibited them in a high degree of perfection ...
... learned professions may perhaps not be inferior to those which enable their possessor to set a squadron in the field , or to direct the array of a battle ; and Chief Justice Rich- ardson exhibited them in a high degree of perfection ...
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Page 31 - It is to that Union we owe our safety at home and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe school of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit.
Page 337 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 30 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 31 - ... of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit. Under its benign influences these great interests immediately awoke, as from the dead, and sprang forth with newness of life. Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings ; and although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has...
Page 29 - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 344 - ... their religious zeal, but which were, in fact, the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world.
Page 216 - Whose lonely columns stand sublime, Flinging their shadows from on high, Like dials, which the wizard, Time, Had raised to count his ages by...
Page 259 - But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole ; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Page 28 - I shall not acknowledge that the honorable member goes before me in regard for whatever of distinguished talent, or distinguished character, South Carolina has produced. I claim part of the honor, I partake in the pride, of her great names. I claim them for countrymen, one...
Page 29 - Let me recur to pleasing recollections — let me indulge in refreshing remembrance of the past — let me remind you that in early times no States cherished greater harmony, both of principle and feeling, than Massachusetts and South Carolina. Would to God, that harmony might again return ! Shoulder to shoulder they went through the Revolution — hand in hand they stood round the Administration of Washington, and felt his own great arm lean on them for support.