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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... liberty throughout the earth , would bear this great question far above and beyond the field of vitiated and demoralized politics , and save the Union ; not in mere form , but the Union of our fathers , in the spirit of the con ...
... liberty throughout the earth , would bear this great question far above and beyond the field of vitiated and demoralized politics , and save the Union ; not in mere form , but the Union of our fathers , in the spirit of the con ...
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... liberty was slumbering , and it arose in light and life , to cheer and bless and give hope to the down - trodden humanity of earth , to emancipate the immortal mind from the slavery by which it was degraded . They asserted the simplest ...
... liberty was slumbering , and it arose in light and life , to cheer and bless and give hope to the down - trodden humanity of earth , to emancipate the immortal mind from the slavery by which it was degraded . They asserted the simplest ...
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... liberty in this holy land of freedom . It was nurtured in the warm heart's blood of patri- ots , and watered by the tears of widows and of orphans ; but for a time it was tremulous and slender , and like a frail reed it bowed before ...
... liberty in this holy land of freedom . It was nurtured in the warm heart's blood of patri- ots , and watered by the tears of widows and of orphans ; but for a time it was tremulous and slender , and like a frail reed it bowed before ...
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... liberty , and the pursuit of happiness ? " The tri- umphs of freedom , moral and material , under this new dispen- sation , have excelled the hope of the most sanguine . From three our population has increased to thirty millions , from ...
... liberty , and the pursuit of happiness ? " The tri- umphs of freedom , moral and material , under this new dispen- sation , have excelled the hope of the most sanguine . From three our population has increased to thirty millions , from ...
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... liberty as the vestals replenished their sacred fire , though not extinguished , from the rays of the morning sun . Let us renew our covenant , and swear upon the holy altars of our faith to maintain and defend it and its glori- ous ...
... liberty as the vestals replenished their sacred fire , though not extinguished , from the rays of the morning sun . Let us renew our covenant , and swear upon the holy altars of our faith to maintain and defend it and its glori- ous ...
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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!