Speeches, Correspondence, Etc., of the Late Daniel S. Dickinson of New York: Including: Addresses on Important Public Topics: Speeches in the State and United States Senate, and in Support of the Government During the Rebellion; Correspondence, Private and Political (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Dickinson), Poems (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Mygatt), Etc, Volume 2G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1867 |
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... principles which can never be subverted , truths which never die . The religion of a Saviour , who at his nativity was cradled on the straw pallet of destitution ; who in declaring and enforcing his divine mission was sustained by ...
... principles which can never be subverted , truths which never die . The religion of a Saviour , who at his nativity was cradled on the straw pallet of destitution ; who in declaring and enforcing his divine mission was sustained by ...
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... principles . He who listens may hear the pattering feet of coming millions ; and whoever will look back upon the past and forward upon the future must see that there are further races for us to civilize , educate , and ab- sorb , and ...
... principles . He who listens may hear the pattering feet of coming millions ; and whoever will look back upon the past and forward upon the future must see that there are further races for us to civilize , educate , and ab- sorb , and ...
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... principles which uphold us all ; a question too great for party ; between the Constitution and the laws on one hand , and misrule and an- archy on the other ; between existence and destruction . The Union was formed under the ...
... principles which uphold us all ; a question too great for party ; between the Constitution and the laws on one hand , and misrule and an- archy on the other ; between existence and destruction . The Union was formed under the ...
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... principle of law , that a repealing statute , it- self repealed , revives and puts in full force the former law . So long then as Congress permits its several acts for the admission of the revolted States to the Union , to stand ...
... principle of law , that a repealing statute , it- self repealed , revives and puts in full force the former law . So long then as Congress permits its several acts for the admission of the revolted States to the Union , to stand ...
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... principle , and return when it favors interest ; or they can alternate , like migratory birds , with the seasons , hatching disunion in the confederacy and rearing it without ; and as thus far its managers have , in most instances ...
... principle , and return when it favors interest ; or they can alternate , like migratory birds , with the seasons , hatching disunion in the confederacy and rearing it without ; and as thus far its managers have , in most instances ...
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Page 302 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years ; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 70 - WOODMAN, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand — Thy axe shall harm it not!
Page 93 - When beggars die there are no comets seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Page 84 - Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 638 - ... there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.
Page 155 - But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap...
Page 38 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 3 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 259 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade — A breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 123 - There scattered oft, the earliest of the year, By hands unseen, are showers of violets found ; The redbreast loves to build and warble there, And little footsteps lightly print the ground.