The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 7F. P. Kaiser, 1901 - 4107 pages The text of thousands of speeches from all historical periods through the 19th century arranged in alphabetical order. |
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Page 2434
... desire to be guided in the discharge of those duties . I shall not undertake to lay down irre- vocably principles or measures of administration , but rather to speak of the motives which should animate us , and to suggest certain ...
... desire to be guided in the discharge of those duties . I shall not undertake to lay down irre- vocably principles or measures of administration , but rather to speak of the motives which should animate us , and to suggest certain ...
Page 2436
... desire to regard and promote their truest interests , -the interests of the white and of the colored people , both and equally , and to put forth my best efforts in behalf of a civil policy which will forever wipe out in our political ...
... desire to regard and promote their truest interests , -the interests of the white and of the colored people , both and equally , and to put forth my best efforts in behalf of a civil policy which will forever wipe out in our political ...
Page 2449
... and what they ought to be . We weep at what thwarts or exceeds our desires in serious matters : we laugh VII - 154 2450 at what only disappoints our expectations in trifles . 2449 HAZLITT, WILLIAM 1778-1830 On Wit and Humor.
... and what they ought to be . We weep at what thwarts or exceeds our desires in serious matters : we laugh VII - 154 2450 at what only disappoints our expectations in trifles . 2449 HAZLITT, WILLIAM 1778-1830 On Wit and Humor.
Page 2477
... desire it , it is now too late to retire from the contest.There is no retreat , but in sub- mission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! 3The war is inevitable- and let it come ! I ...
... desire it , it is now too late to retire from the contest.There is no retreat , but in sub- mission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! 3The war is inevitable- and let it come ! I ...
Page 2493
... desire , yet they may be prevented therefrom by a despicable minority at the extremity of the United States . The founders of your own Constitution made your gov- ernment changeable ; but the power of changing it is gone from you ...
... desire , yet they may be prevented therefrom by a despicable minority at the extremity of the United States . The founders of your own Constitution made your gov- ernment changeable ; but the power of changing it is gone from you ...
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Page 2475 - Mr. President, 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? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?
Page 2492 - ... a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.
Page 2535 - Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law...
Page 2569 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 2835 - For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent?
Page 2778 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 2541 - That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it.
Page 2477 - 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?
Page 2794 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.
Page 2796 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those Divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?