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... whole mysterious past - of all the dead passion of his race . His monument is the emblem of tradition , the text of national honor , the torch of all high aspiration through all time . Two hundred and fifty years ago a few devout men ...
... whole mysterious past - of all the dead passion of his race . His monument is the emblem of tradition , the text of national honor , the torch of all high aspiration through all time . Two hundred and fifty years ago a few devout men ...
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... of Kentucky and of that whole rich territory northwest of the Ohio . . . . For that momentous work , carried on in obscurity while attention was concentrated on the sea - board colonies , without encouragement and THE SCOT IN AMERICA II.
... of Kentucky and of that whole rich territory northwest of the Ohio . . . . For that momentous work , carried on in obscurity while attention was concentrated on the sea - board colonies , without encouragement and THE SCOT IN AMERICA II.
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... whole period , from the Revolution to the Civil War , the indomitable Ulster Scots , chiefly from Pennsylvania and the South , were pouring over the Alleghanies , carrying ever westward the frontiers of the country , forming the advance ...
... whole period , from the Revolution to the Civil War , the indomitable Ulster Scots , chiefly from Pennsylvania and the South , were pouring over the Alleghanies , carrying ever westward the frontiers of the country , forming the advance ...
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... whole fled with precipitation . The wagoners took each a horse out of his team and scampered ; their example was immediately followed by others ; so that all the wagons , provisions , artillery , and stores were left to the enemy . The ...
... whole fled with precipitation . The wagoners took each a horse out of his team and scampered ; their example was immediately followed by others ; so that all the wagons , provisions , artillery , and stores were left to the enemy . The ...
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... whole transaction gave us Americans the first suspicion that our exalted ideas of the prowess of British regulars had not been well founded . BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN [ Franklin was sent to England by Pennsylvania ...
... whole transaction gave us Americans the first suspicion that our exalted ideas of the prowess of British regulars had not been well founded . BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN [ Franklin was sent to England by Pennsylvania ...
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Page 181 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 144 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 53 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 50 - They tell us, Sir, that we are weak, — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...
Page 73 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Page 116 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 114 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual 'hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against another, disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence, frequent collisions,...
Page 48 - It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Page 50 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 115 - The nation prompted by ill-will and resentment sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject ; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of nations has been the victim.