Selected Addresses of Charles L. JewettCentral Printing Company, 1901 - 131 pages |
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... speak of the coming era of perpetual peace , and a fine figure to talk of turning swords into plowshares , but man's nature and human- ity's experience indicate that this blessed period is at best far distant . It is easy to argue that ...
... speak of the coming era of perpetual peace , and a fine figure to talk of turning swords into plowshares , but man's nature and human- ity's experience indicate that this blessed period is at best far distant . It is easy to argue that ...
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... speak the truth in a spirit of self- sacrifice . From the day Grover Cleveland was first nomi- nated for President there has never been any substan- tial change in the beliefs held or principles advocated by our party . Each succeeding ...
... speak the truth in a spirit of self- sacrifice . From the day Grover Cleveland was first nomi- nated for President there has never been any substan- tial change in the beliefs held or principles advocated by our party . Each succeeding ...
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... speak , but the supreme obligation resting upon him is to speak the truth , and to deal with things as they are , fearlessly and without regard to personal consequences . This is my first and shall be my last public utterance in the ...
... speak , but the supreme obligation resting upon him is to speak the truth , and to deal with things as they are , fearlessly and without regard to personal consequences . This is my first and shall be my last public utterance in the ...
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... speak of the party which met at Indianapolis as the third party , be- cause I believe the principal bone of contention be- tween the folks who met at Chicago and at Indianapo- lis is as to which is the real , genuine , name - blown - in ...
... speak of the party which met at Indianapolis as the third party , be- cause I believe the principal bone of contention be- tween the folks who met at Chicago and at Indianapo- lis is as to which is the real , genuine , name - blown - in ...
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... speak , and at the proper time to again rally the party under the true banner and go for- ward to the accomplishment of the ancient purposes . Whether these are all the reasons which led to the as- sembling of this convention I am not ...
... speak , and at the proper time to again rally the party under the true banner and go for- ward to the accomplishment of the ancient purposes . Whether these are all the reasons which led to the as- sembling of this convention I am not ...
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Page 101 - NEVER stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in the desert, On the sick or wounded bison, But another vulture, watching From his high aerial look-out, Sees the downward plunge, and follows ; And a third pursues the second, Coming from the invisible ether, First a speck, and then a vulture. Till the air is dark with pinions.
Page 95 - Then lust, when it hath conceived, bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 32 - LOOK. NOT MOURNFULLY INTO THE PAST : IT COMES NOT BACK AGAIN. WISELY IMPROVE THE PRESENT : IT is THINE. Go FORTH TO MEET THE SHADOWY FUTURE, WITHOUT FEAR, AND WITH A MANLY HEART.
Page 29 - This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world awaits; But be it so or not, I only know My present duty, and my Lord's command To occupy till He come. So at the post Where He hath set me in His providence, I choose, for one, to meet Him face to face, — No faithless servant frightened from my task, But ready when the Lord of the harvest...
Page 51 - We denounce arbitrary interference by Federal authorities in local affairs as a violation of the Constitution of the United States and a crime against free institutions, and we especially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which Federal 'Judges, in contempt of the laws of the States and rights of citizens, become at once legislators, judges, and executioners...
Page 80 - Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Page 28 - No life Can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife And all life not be purer and stronger thereby.
Page 77 - Moral certainty is described as a state of Impression produced by facts in which a reasonable mind feels a sort of coercion or necessity to act In accordance with It.
Page 31 - Who drives the horses of the sun Shall lord it but a day ; Better the lowly deed were done, And kept the humble way. The rust will find the sword of fame, The dust will hide the crown ; Ay, none shall nail so high his name Time will not tear it down. The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet And left to Heaven the rest.
Page 77 - ... sufficient to raise a reasonable doubt of the defendant's sanity at the time of the commission of...