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... interest as might naturally occur to an outside observer . With this understanding between us , and proceeding to fill up my allotted hour , let me first call your attention to the thought which the peculiar circumstances of the times ...
... interest as might naturally occur to an outside observer . With this understanding between us , and proceeding to fill up my allotted hour , let me first call your attention to the thought which the peculiar circumstances of the times ...
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... the Atlantic , traversed by beautiful and fertilizing streams , diversified all over with lake and forest , and swelling hills and teeming vales , with all the great material interests of life - commerce , trade , manufactures , the arts ...
... the Atlantic , traversed by beautiful and fertilizing streams , diversified all over with lake and forest , and swelling hills and teeming vales , with all the great material interests of life - commerce , trade , manufactures , the arts ...
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... seem all minor considera- tions , all views of individual , or local , or temporary good . It is our Country which calls . Religion , patriotism , pride , self- interest , all alike prompt to energy and effort . 4 25.
... seem all minor considera- tions , all views of individual , or local , or temporary good . It is our Country which calls . Religion , patriotism , pride , self- interest , all alike prompt to energy and effort . 4 25.
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interest , all alike prompt to energy and effort . Let us each do our humble part . Let us give freely our means and our strength . Let us , if need be , beat our ploughshares into swords , and our pruning - hooks into spears . Let us ...
interest , all alike prompt to energy and effort . Let us each do our humble part . Let us give freely our means and our strength . Let us , if need be , beat our ploughshares into swords , and our pruning - hooks into spears . Let us ...
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... interest . To understand the treatment of the five other lots , which which No. 6 is compared , reference may be had to the report on the Treadwell Farm in the Trans- actions of 1860 . The Committee are happy to say that having learned ...
... interest . To understand the treatment of the five other lots , which which No. 6 is compared , reference may be had to the report on the Treadwell Farm in the Trans- actions of 1860 . The Committee are happy to say that having learned ...
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1st premium 2d premium 50 cents acre agriculture amount award barn bees Benjamin Berry birds Boxford bread breed bushels butter cattle Charles Committee corn cranberry crop cultivation culture Daniel Dodge dollars Draft Horses Essex exhibited experiment farmers feed feet flock flowers fruit George Georgetown grain grapes grass gratuity Groveland harrowed Haverhill Heifers hive honey horses hundred inches deep insects John Jonathan Berry Joseph June labor land Lawrence Loring manure Marblehead Merino Methuen milk Moist North Andover Ordway oxen pasture Peter Wait plants ploughed potatoes pounds prem produced profitable Putnam raised roots ruta bagas S. A. Merrill Salem Samuel season second premium seed sheep Society soil South Danvers sowed squashes STATEMENT swarm tion tons Topsfield Treadwell Farm trees Trustees turnips varieties vegetables vines Ware weighed West Newbury wheat William wool wurzel
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Page 28 - 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 26 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it : thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : thou settlest the furrows thereof : thou makest it soft with showers : thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures...
Page 28 - 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 26 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: them preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 26 - See the wretch that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again ; The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 60 - And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
Page 20 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 145 - it is stated, that " a cautious observer, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked, that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full-sized grubs in one day, and of course would require many more of a smaller size.
Page 27 - For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft is ever won.