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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... never concerned themselves very much as to who should hold the Executive offices , small or large , so that they were honestly and faithfully served , and that the man appointed was of good character and standing . The reform which took ...
... never concerned themselves very much as to who should hold the Executive offices , small or large , so that they were honestly and faithfully served , and that the man appointed was of good character and standing . The reform which took ...
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... never concerned themselves very much as to who should hold the Executive offices , small or large , so that they were honestly and faithfully served , and that the man appointed was of good character and standing . The reform which took ...
... never concerned themselves very much as to who should hold the Executive offices , small or large , so that they were honestly and faithfully served , and that the man appointed was of good character and standing . The reform which took ...
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... never heard about it and had nothing to do with it . I can truly say that I was as indifferent to the result , so far as it affected me personally , as to the question whether I should walk on one side of the street or the other . I did ...
... never heard about it and had nothing to do with it . I can truly say that I was as indifferent to the result , so far as it affected me personally , as to the question whether I should walk on one side of the street or the other . I did ...
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... sistent with this declaration . But Mr. Blaine soon aban- doned this ground , and , so far as I now remember , never afterward advocated interference with the control of the Southern States 12 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SEVENTY YEARS.
... sistent with this declaration . But Mr. Blaine soon aban- doned this ground , and , so far as I now remember , never afterward advocated interference with the control of the Southern States 12 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SEVENTY YEARS.
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... never thrown off his balance by any exigency in diplomacy , in political affairs , or in the trial of causes . Any ... never challenge him or provoke him to an encounter without making an abundant and sparkling stream gush forth . He ...
... never thrown off his balance by any exigency in diplomacy , in political affairs , or in the trial of causes . Any ... never challenge him or provoke him to an encounter without making an abundant and sparkling stream gush forth . He ...
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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, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury, and woe, Seek me in vain...
Page 224 - 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 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 308 - 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 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 241 - 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.
Page 188 - To my true king I offered free from stain Courage and faith; vain faith, and courage vain. For him, I threw lands, honours, wealth, away, And one dear hope, that was more prized than they. For him I languished in a foreign clime, Grey-haired with sorrow in my manhood's prime ; Heard on Lavernia Scargill's whispering trees, And pined by Arno for my lovelier Tees; Beheld each night my home...
Page 138 - ... consent of the Senate, that the latter should have the power to retain in office persons placed there by Federal appointment against the will of the President. The law is inconsistent with a faithful and efficient administration of the Government. What faith can an Executive put in officials forced upon him, and those, too, whom he has suspended for reason? How will such officials be likely to serve an administration which they know does not trust them?
Page 263 - It is my earnest wish that the United States in making peace should follow the same high rule of conduct which guided it in facing war.