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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... elements of trade concentre and are diffused ; great in natural advantages and material wealth ; great in architectural magnificence and commercial re- nown ; great in an active and enterprising population , in the arts and sciences ...
... elements of trade concentre and are diffused ; great in natural advantages and material wealth ; great in architectural magnificence and commercial re- nown ; great in an active and enterprising population , in the arts and sciences ...
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... elements of enterprise and social culture , and abounding with institutions of religion and learning , have arisen as if by magic on the far distant Pacific , where we have only paused , lest to cross it might put us on our return ...
... elements of enterprise and social culture , and abounding with institutions of religion and learning , have arisen as if by magic on the far distant Pacific , where we have only paused , lest to cross it might put us on our return ...
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... element in inducing disunion , but that it was a foregone conclusion with those who urged it forward ; darkly designed and deliberately determined , for the purpose of securing per- sonal éclat and self - aggrandizement , rather than of ...
... element in inducing disunion , but that it was a foregone conclusion with those who urged it forward ; darkly designed and deliberately determined , for the purpose of securing per- sonal éclat and self - aggrandizement , rather than of ...
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... elements of political disquietude , so that , like sets of dollar jew- elry , every person can have one of his own , does not form an exceptional case . When David swayed the sceptre of Judah , the comely Absalom , a bright star of the ...
... elements of political disquietude , so that , like sets of dollar jew- elry , every person can have one of his own , does not form an exceptional case . When David swayed the sceptre of Judah , the comely Absalom , a bright star of the ...
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... elements sym- pathized with the occasion , as the intelligence was flashed through the land ? A sheet of cimmerian darkness , near midnight , hung like a death - pall over earth , the winds moaned heavily , like the wail of spirits lost ...
... elements sym- pathized with the occasion , as the intelligence was flashed through the land ? A sheet of cimmerian darkness , near midnight , hung like a death - pall over earth , the winds moaned heavily , like the wail of spirits lost ...
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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!