Addresses Delivered at the Triennial Celebration ...1824 |
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... periods , to excite that enthusiastic admiration , which often accompanies mere literary merit , yet the results of his labours are not the less important , nor the less beneficial to mankind . Genius , when devoted to useful purposes ...
... periods , to excite that enthusiastic admiration , which often accompanies mere literary merit , yet the results of his labours are not the less important , nor the less beneficial to mankind . Genius , when devoted to useful purposes ...
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... periods and revolutions , is founded on the science of mechanics . The Newtonian system of philosophy is based on the solid foundation of mechanics ; a foundation which can never be shaken . Chemical operations , -the laws of reflection ...
... periods and revolutions , is founded on the science of mechanics . The Newtonian system of philosophy is based on the solid foundation of mechanics ; a foundation which can never be shaken . Chemical operations , -the laws of reflection ...
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... period , will redound to the honour not only of our association , but to the city and country in which we live . The mechanics of New York have founded a " mechanic and scientific institution , " which was in- corporated in 1822. Its ...
... period , will redound to the honour not only of our association , but to the city and country in which we live . The mechanics of New York have founded a " mechanic and scientific institution , " which was in- corporated in 1822. Its ...
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... period of our struggle for independence . These men , who stood forth , the champions of freedom and popular rights , were not men who had been nursed in the lap of ease and affluence ; - they were the hardy sons of toil ; -working me ...
... period of our struggle for independence . These men , who stood forth , the champions of freedom and popular rights , were not men who had been nursed in the lap of ease and affluence ; - they were the hardy sons of toil ; -working me ...
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... period or in solving a problem ? And , to close this series of interrogations , to what end does the religious enthu- siast shut up his senses against the fascinations of nature and the sympathies of humanity , while he strains his ...
... period or in solving a problem ? And , to close this series of interrogations , to what end does the religious enthu- siast shut up his senses against the fascinations of nature and the sympathies of humanity , while he strains his ...
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ADDRESS apprentices Archimedes Asso ASTOR beauty become blessings bookbinder Boston called century chanics character Charitable Mechanic Association civilization classes commerce common condition cooper Derry earth engine England exhibition Faneuil Hall feel Franklin friends genius gentlemen George George W Germania Band give glory hall hands happiness heart heaven HENRY N honor housewright human hundred improvement industry influence institutions intellectual intelligence interest invention John Joseph JOSEPH LEWIS labor land LENOX AND TILDEN living machinery mankind manufactures Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic mechanic arts ment mighty mind moral Nathaniel E nation nature never noble occasion operation OSMYN BREWSTER patriotism Paul Revere peace present President principles progress prosperity sailmaker Samuel sentiment skill social society spirit steam success thing thought thousand TILDEN FOUNDATIONS tion toil trade TRIENNIAL FESTIVAL true vote wealth whole William wonderful
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Page 22 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 16 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 23 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 13 - The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their shades and glory threw Have left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they flew. The annals of the human race, Their ruins, since the world began, Of HIM afford no other trace Than this, — THERE LIVED A MAN ! November 4, 1805.
Page 10 - Our toils obscure an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a* that. What though on hamely fare we dine. Wear hoddin grey, an' a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine; A Man's a Man for a
Page 4 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Page 16 - UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 'Tis of the...
Page 31 - There was a little city (says he), and few men within it ; and there came a great King against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : " Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man. " Then, said I, wisdom is better than strength ; wisdom is better than weapons of war ; nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Page 16 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 6 - A servant with this clause makes drudgery divine; who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, makes that and the action fine.