Biographical memoir [by Edward Everett] and speeches on various occasionsC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... present publication . The first two volumes contain the speeches delivered by him on a great variety of public occa- sions , commencing with his discourse at Plymouth in Decem- ber , 1820. Three succeeding volumes embrace the greater ...
... present publication . The first two volumes contain the speeches delivered by him on a great variety of public occa- sions , commencing with his discourse at Plymouth in Decem- ber , 1820. Three succeeding volumes embrace the greater ...
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... present time , the schools which existed on the frontier sixty years ago were sadly defec- tive . Many of our district schools even now are below their reputation . The Swedish Chancellor's exclamation of wonder at the little wisdom ...
... present time , the schools which existed on the frontier sixty years ago were sadly defec- tive . Many of our district schools even now are below their reputation . The Swedish Chancellor's exclamation of wonder at the little wisdom ...
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... present post- poned . The Fourteenth Congress assembled in December , 1815. An order of things in a great degree new presented itself . After a momentary pause , the country rose with an elastic bound from the pressure of the war . Old ...
... present post- poned . The Fourteenth Congress assembled in December , 1815. An order of things in a great degree new presented itself . After a momentary pause , the country rose with an elastic bound from the pressure of the war . Old ...
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... present day , in consideration of the politi cal history of the last thirty years , to find how little difference as to leading measures existed in 1816 between these distin- guished statesmen . No line of general party difference ...
... present day , in consideration of the politi cal history of the last thirty years , to find how little difference as to leading measures existed in 1816 between these distin- guished statesmen . No line of general party difference ...
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... present day by those too young to recollect the state of things existing in this respect during the war and after its close . This resolution passed the two houses , and was approved by the President on the 30th of April , 1816. It ...
... present day by those too young to recollect the state of things existing in this respect during the war and after its close . This resolution passed the two houses , and was approved by the President on the 30th of April , 1816. It ...
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Page xcvii - 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 xciv - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
Page 226 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Page 150 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Page 64 - ... these you have witnessed, but you witness them no more. All is peace. The heights of yonder metropolis, its towers and roofs, which you then saw filled with wives and children and countrymen in distress and terror, and looking with unutterable emotions for the issue of the combat, have presented you to-day with the sight of its whole happy population, come out to welcome and greet you with a universal jubilee.
Page 270 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page lxxi - Him! cut off by Providence in the hour of overwhelming anxiety and thick gloom ; falling ere he saw the star of his country rise; pouring out his generous blood like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! — how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure ! This monument may moulder away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea; but thy memory shall...
Page 134 - Are not you, sir, who sit in that chair, is not he, our venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed...
Page 131 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
Page 135 - If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously through this struggle.