The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 117Atlantic Monthly Company, 1916 |
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Page 48
... United States , and a rare Fourth - of - July orator is he who feels that it can add nothing to his re- sources in eloquence . Its character has been cheapened , no doubt , by this as- sociation , but it possesses nevertheless a ...
... United States , and a rare Fourth - of - July orator is he who feels that it can add nothing to his re- sources in eloquence . Its character has been cheapened , no doubt , by this as- sociation , but it possesses nevertheless a ...
Page 49
... United States endeavored to negotiate with Mexico for the pur- chase , on very liberal terms , of the ter- ritory desired from that country , but entirely without success . VOL . 117 - NO . 1 ( 4 ) The United States then availed itself ...
... United States endeavored to negotiate with Mexico for the pur- chase , on very liberal terms , of the ter- ritory desired from that country , but entirely without success . VOL . 117 - NO . 1 ( 4 ) The United States then availed itself ...
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... United States . It is also incorrect to say that the Mexican War was for the purpose of acquiring Texas by force . Texas had already been acquired , and Mexico had decided to acquiesce except as to the disputed strip between the Nueces ...
... United States . It is also incorrect to say that the Mexican War was for the purpose of acquiring Texas by force . Texas had already been acquired , and Mexico had decided to acquiesce except as to the disputed strip between the Nueces ...
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... United States , just as had been the case with Texas . There might have been other Alamos and San Jacintos , other Aus- tins and Houstons and Davy Crock- etts . There would certainly have been the same almost endless negotiations and ...
... United States , just as had been the case with Texas . There might have been other Alamos and San Jacintos , other Aus- tins and Houstons and Davy Crock- etts . There would certainly have been the same almost endless negotiations and ...
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... United States was concerned , the sacri- fice , except in the loss of life , was justi- fied a thousand times over . The bene- fits which have resulted transcend all estimate . As to loss of life , there is no criterion to judge by ...
... United States was concerned , the sacri- fice , except in the loss of life , was justi- fied a thousand times over . The bene- fits which have resulted transcend all estimate . As to loss of life , there is no criterion to judge by ...
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Page 628 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 506 - Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Page 626 - Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Page 514 - For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying ; Surely blessing I will bless thee ; and multiplying I will multiply thee.
Page 624 - For, behold, the day cometh, That shall burn as an oven ; And all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble : And the day that cometh shall burn them up, Saith the LORD of hosts, That it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Page 625 - AND the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ; and he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him...
Page 627 - And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not : the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Page 513 - It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 457 - Now, God be thanked, Who has matched us with His hour, And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping, With hand made sure, clear eye and sharpened power, To turn, as swimmers into cleanness leaping, Glad from a world grown old and cold and weary...
Page 624 - If then God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?