Autobiography of Seventy Years, Volume 2C. Scribner's Sons, 1903 Extra-illustrated volumes with tipped-in engraved portraits and autograph letters of 19th-century American political figures. Letters are cataloged individually and can be found by a search of the book's call number. |
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... EDWARD EVERETT HALE ... 441 APPENDIX THE FOREST OF DEAN ( BY JOHN BELLOWs ) .. INDEX 449 .... 471 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SEVENTY YEARS OF Y AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SEVENTY YEARS viii CONTENTS.
... EDWARD EVERETT HALE ... 441 APPENDIX THE FOREST OF DEAN ( BY JOHN BELLOWs ) .. INDEX 449 .... 471 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SEVENTY YEARS OF Y AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SEVENTY YEARS viii CONTENTS.
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... Edward Everett Hale , who probably knew as much about the sub ject and the value of the papers as anybody , was then in Washington . At the same time John Russell Bartlett was here , who had charge of the famous Brown Collection in ...
... Edward Everett Hale , who probably knew as much about the sub ject and the value of the papers as anybody , was then in Washington . At the same time John Russell Bartlett was here , who had charge of the famous Brown Collection in ...
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... Edward Everett Hale , George Putnam , Starr King , and Henry W. Bellows . So , perhaps , my experience and observation , too late for my own advantage , may be worth something to my younger readers . I am not familiar with the books ...
... Edward Everett Hale , George Putnam , Starr King , and Henry W. Bellows . So , perhaps , my experience and observation , too late for my own advantage , may be worth something to my younger readers . I am not familiar with the books ...
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... horizon , that the world is growing better , that to - day is better than yesterday , and to - morrow will be better than to - day . ” UNIV CHAPTER XL EDWARD EVERETT HALE To give a complete 440 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SEVENTY YEARS.
... horizon , that the world is growing better , that to - day is better than yesterday , and to - morrow will be better than to - day . ” UNIV CHAPTER XL EDWARD EVERETT HALE To give a complete 440 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SEVENTY YEARS.
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George Frisbie Hoar. UNIV CHAPTER XL EDWARD EVERETT HALE To give a complete and truthful account of my own life , the name of Edward Everett Hale should appear on almost every page . I became a member of his parish in Worcester in August ...
George Frisbie Hoar. UNIV CHAPTER XL EDWARD EVERETT HALE To give a complete and truthful account of my own life , the name of Edward Everett Hale should appear on almost every page . I became a member of his parish in Worcester in August ...
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Page 360 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 260 - O Nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.
Page 360 - I have no pleasure in them ; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain : in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease, because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...
Page 121 - Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 457 - That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky. The day is come when I again repose Here, under this dark sycamore, and...
Page 453 - It is time to be old, To take in sail:— The god of bounds, Who sets to seas a shore, Came to me in his fatal rounds, And said: "No more! No farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root.
Page 82 - Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait, Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace— soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate...
Page 86 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Page 287 - I charge you before God and his blessed angels that you follow me no farther than you have seen me follow the Lord Jesus Christ. If God reveal anything to you by any other instrument of his, be as ready to receive it as ever you were to receive any truth 1 A Humble Supplication, p. 26. by my ministry: for I am verily persuaded, the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of his holy word.
Page 171 - Provided, That whenever the powers and duties of the office of President of the United States shall devolve upon any of the persons named herein, if Congress be not then in session, or if it would not meet in accordance with law within twenty days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the person upon whom said powers and duties shall devolve to issue a proclamation convening Congress in extraordinary session, giving twenty daysi notice of the time of meeting.