Speeches, Correspondence, Etc., of the Late Daniel S. Dickinson of New York: Including: Addresses on Important Public Topics: Speeches in the State and United States Senate, and in Support of the Government During the Rebellion; Correspondence, Private and Political (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Dickinson), Poems (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Mygatt), Etc, Volume 2G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1867 |
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... blessings have flowed . I have rejoiced with it in its hey - day of success and triumph , and will , by the grace of God , stand by it in its hour of darkness and peril , and by those who up- hold it in the spirit of the constitution ...
... blessings have flowed . I have rejoiced with it in its hey - day of success and triumph , and will , by the grace of God , stand by it in its hour of darkness and peril , and by those who up- hold it in the spirit of the constitution ...
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... blessings , has been wafted away like the prophet of old , in a chariot of fire , and the children who sported together on the grass beneath it , now slumber with their fathers . The last revolutionary soldier who rejoiced in its pride ...
... blessings , has been wafted away like the prophet of old , in a chariot of fire , and the children who sported together on the grass beneath it , now slumber with their fathers . The last revolutionary soldier who rejoiced in its pride ...
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... blessings of liberty to the people who ordained it , and their posterity . " But if the instrument which formed the more perfect Union with becoming solemnity , con- 1861. ] 19 LITERARY SOCIETIES AT AMHERST COLLEGE .
... blessings of liberty to the people who ordained it , and their posterity . " But if the instrument which formed the more perfect Union with becoming solemnity , con- 1861. ] 19 LITERARY SOCIETIES AT AMHERST COLLEGE .
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... blessings of liberty it secured to posterity were upon condition that those who enjoyed them should not wish to subvert the liberty thus secured by armed force ; then our boasted constitution , which has been hailed throughout the earth ...
... blessings of liberty it secured to posterity were upon condition that those who enjoyed them should not wish to subvert the liberty thus secured by armed force ; then our boasted constitution , which has been hailed throughout the earth ...
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... blessings as Heaven never before vouchsafed to mortal men . But a conspiracy has appeared ; strife and di- vision are at our doors ; and it becomes us now to see whether the fruits of this great and beneficent Union must be.
... blessings as Heaven never before vouchsafed to mortal men . But a conspiracy has appeared ; strife and di- vision are at our doors ; and it becomes us now to see whether the fruits of this great and beneficent Union must be.
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Page 302 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 5 - The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Page 84 - Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 680 - There is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying.
Page 155 - Men! with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch - stitch - stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt.
Page 93 - When beggars die there are no comets seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Page 38 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 301 - In all its history it has been beneficent; it has trodden down no man's liberty ; it has crushed no State. Its daily respiration is liberty and patriotism; its yet youthful veins are full of enterprise, courage, and honorable love of glory and renown.
Page 92 - A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; And from its force nor doors nor locks Can shield you; — 'tis the ballot-box.
Page 104 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!