American Patriotism in Prose and Verse, 1775-1918Jesse Madison Gathany Macmillan, 1919 - 305 pages |
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... PRESIDENT : No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism , as well as the abilities , of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House . But differ- ent men often see the same subject in different lights ; and ...
... PRESIDENT : No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism , as well as the abilities , of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House . But differ- ent men often see the same subject in different lights ; and ...
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Jesse Madison Gathany. Mr. President , it is natural to man to indulge in the illu- sions of hope . We are apt to shut our eyes against a pain- ful truth , and listen to the song of that siren , till she trans- forms us into beasts . Is ...
Jesse Madison Gathany. Mr. President , it is natural to man to indulge in the illu- sions of hope . We are apt to shut our eyes against a pain- ful truth , and listen to the song of that siren , till she trans- forms us into beasts . Is ...
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... presidents ? The characteristic of de- 30 mocracy , says James Russell Lowell , is its habit of " asking the Powers that Be , at the most inconvenient moment , whether they are the Powers that Ought to Be . " And what is this question ...
... presidents ? The characteristic of de- 30 mocracy , says James Russell Lowell , is its habit of " asking the Powers that Be , at the most inconvenient moment , whether they are the Powers that Ought to Be . " And what is this question ...
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... Presidents chosen by the people of the American Re- 5 public ? Some of the choices have not been brilliant , a few have been unfortunate , none has been evil or corrupt . There is no line of hereditary kings , no line of autocratic ...
... Presidents chosen by the people of the American Re- 5 public ? Some of the choices have not been brilliant , a few have been unfortunate , none has been evil or corrupt . There is no line of hereditary kings , no line of autocratic ...
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... PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS : It is an especial gratification to me to address you to - day , not only as the officer of the United States who invited you to attend this great Scientific Congress of the Amer- ican Republics ...
... PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS : It is an especial gratification to me to address you to - day , not only as the officer of the United States who invited you to attend this great Scientific Congress of the Amer- ican Republics ...
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Page 217 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right, And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 2 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 24 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 50 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the Government de facto as the legitimate Government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries...
Page 4 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Page 75 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood.
Page 49 - 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 4 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
Page 33 - OBSERVE good faith and justice towards all nations, cultivate peace and harmony with all ; religion and morality enjoin, this conduct ; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 152 - ... for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.