Masterpieces of American Eloquence: Christian Herald SelectionChristian Herald, 1900 - 504 pages |
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... things be ? Is the finger of our fate receding on the dial ? insensibly creeping back , here to the reign of savage violence , there to that of barbaric splendor ? We may well exclaim : " Forbid it , Heaven ! " The true glory of our ...
... things be ? Is the finger of our fate receding on the dial ? insensibly creeping back , here to the reign of savage violence , there to that of barbaric splendor ? We may well exclaim : " Forbid it , Heaven ! " The true glory of our ...
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... things , as well as to points of learning that are more remote and unusual ; that the whole tendency of my design may the more easily be per- ceived , the conclusions better descend , and the force of them be better felt . I shall not ...
... things , as well as to points of learning that are more remote and unusual ; that the whole tendency of my design may the more easily be per- ceived , the conclusions better descend , and the force of them be better felt . I shall not ...
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... things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation ? For my part , whatever an- guish of spirit it may cost , I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst and to provide for it . I have but one lamp by which my feet are ...
... things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation ? For my part , whatever an- guish of spirit it may cost , I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst and to provide for it . I have but one lamp by which my feet are ...
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... things , may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation . There is no longer any room for hope . If we wish to be free ; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inesti- mable privileges for which we have been so long contending ...
... things , may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation . There is no longer any room for hope . If we wish to be free ; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inesti- mable privileges for which we have been so long contending ...
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... things for eternity , and man denies us ability to judge of the present , or to know from our feelings the experience that will make us happy . " You can discern , " say they , " objects distant and remote , but cannot perceive those ...
... things for eternity , and man denies us ability to judge of the present , or to know from our feelings the experience that will make us happy . " You can discern , " say they , " objects distant and remote , but cannot perceive those ...
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Page 401 - And when they saw Him, they were amazed: and His mother said unto Him, Son, why hast Thou thus dealt with us ? behold, Thy father and I have sought Thee sorrowing. And He said unto them, How is it that ye sought Me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business ? And they understood not the saying which He spake unto them.
Page 41 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority ; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Page 433 - The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Page 20 - 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 58 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself ; since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common Judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 237 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the...
Page 18 - 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. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house ? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?
Page 469 - You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
Page 185 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 433 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any...