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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... institutions of religion , charity , and learning ; but greater in her mighty moral energies for good , when the waves of madness heave mountain high , and threaten universal destruction . She can , in the plenitude of her power ...
... institutions of religion , charity , and learning ; but greater in her mighty moral energies for good , when the waves of madness heave mountain high , and threaten universal destruction . She can , in the plenitude of her power ...
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... 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 voyage and bring us nearer home ; and the river which the ambition ...
... 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 voyage and bring us nearer home ; and the river which the ambition ...
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... institutions without which all the learning of the schools would be but mockery , and give place to violence and ignorance and barbarism . This is emphatically a utilitarian and practical age , and when the foundations upon which the ...
... institutions without which all the learning of the schools would be but mockery , and give place to violence and ignorance and barbarism . This is emphatically a utilitarian and practical age , and when the foundations upon which the ...
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... institutions . It should be opposed by the whole power of a patriotic people , and crushed beyond the prospect of a resurrection ; and to attain that end , the gov ernment should be sustained in every just and reasonable effort to ...
... institutions . It should be opposed by the whole power of a patriotic people , and crushed beyond the prospect of a resurrection ; and to attain that end , the gov ernment should be sustained in every just and reasonable effort to ...
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... institutions of wisdom . Thus has poor , despised , dwarfed , and down - trodden Mexico been crushed under the iron heel of her own insane despoilers ; a memorable but melancholy illustration of a people without a fixed and stable ...
... institutions of wisdom . Thus has poor , despised , dwarfed , and down - trodden Mexico been crushed under the iron heel of her own insane despoilers ; a memorable but melancholy illustration of a people without a fixed and stable ...
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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!