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... called upon to say a word in defence of our girls , who on several public occasions , have been twitted with being vain , frivolous , forward and foolish . So far as our observation goes , our girls are very much like the girls of other ...
... called upon to say a word in defence of our girls , who on several public occasions , have been twitted with being vain , frivolous , forward and foolish . So far as our observation goes , our girls are very much like the girls of other ...
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... called , on this occasion . Rather let it be my part to recount the glorious privileges that are , even now , hers by birth - right , which , if she will but duly appreciate and properly cherish , little cause will be found to complain ...
... called , on this occasion . Rather let it be my part to recount the glorious privileges that are , even now , hers by birth - right , which , if she will but duly appreciate and properly cherish , little cause will be found to complain ...
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... called petty offences and the violation of some useless regulation in school . The laws of a school should be few and of a general character , and always so clearly stated as never to be misunderstood . Many teachers err in announcing ...
... called petty offences and the violation of some useless regulation in school . The laws of a school should be few and of a general character , and always so clearly stated as never to be misunderstood . Many teachers err in announcing ...
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... called into activity . Many teachers tell their pupils that they must think and reason , but do not explain to them what thinking and reasoning are . They do not point out clearly the first steps in each process , and lead them along ...
... called into activity . Many teachers tell their pupils that they must think and reason , but do not explain to them what thinking and reasoning are . They do not point out clearly the first steps in each process , and lead them along ...
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... called to order by the President , William A. Mowry . Prayer was offered by Rev. William H. Bowen . After a few earnest words by the President , Rev. J. H. McCarty , of Providence , was introduced as the lecturer for the evening , who ...
... called to order by the President , William A. Mowry . Prayer was offered by Rev. William H. Bowen . After a few earnest words by the President , Rev. J. H. McCarty , of Providence , was introduced as the lecturer for the evening , who ...
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Page 152 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.
Page 151 - AT THIS second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first.
Page 152 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes...
Page 169 - The intense view of these manifold contradictions and imperfections in human reason has so wrought upon me, and heated my brain, that I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another.
Page 152 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came...
Page 149 - Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the low and the high, Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie.
Page 27 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 123 - How they pale, Ancient myth and song and tale, In this wonder of our days, When the cruel rod of war Blossoms white with righteous law, And the wrath of man is praise...
Page 123 - Let us kneel: God's own voice is in that peal, And this spot is holy ground. Lord, forgive us! What are we, That our eyes this glory see, That our ears have heard the sound!
Page 38 - ... into the office of the Secretary of State, to be safely kept and delivered over, as soon as may be, to the President of the Senate.