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majesty of perfect proportion , is proclaiming to the world the triumph of an
experiment that has no parallel in the recorded history of mankind . Fellow
citizens , have I painted too bright a picture ? Is the ship of the Republic safe in
port , or is she ...
majesty of perfect proportion , is proclaiming to the world the triumph of an
experiment that has no parallel in the recorded history of mankind . Fellow
citizens , have I painted too bright a picture ? Is the ship of the Republic safe in
port , or is she ...
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... the triumph of that great cause ; he raised up heroes , he crowned martyrs , and
according to his usual mode of action , the accomplishing of great designs by
small means , He made use of this little republic , to be one of the chief
instruments ...
... the triumph of that great cause ; he raised up heroes , he crowned martyrs , and
according to his usual mode of action , the accomplishing of great designs by
small means , He made use of this little republic , to be one of the chief
instruments ...
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It was the time of the centralisation of power , the epoch of the triumph of absolute
authority in the State , in France , in Spain , everywhere . But just at the moment
that absolute power raised its head in the State , it received a terrible blow in the
...
It was the time of the centralisation of power , the epoch of the triumph of absolute
authority in the State , in France , in Spain , everywhere . But just at the moment
that absolute power raised its head in the State , it received a terrible blow in the
...
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The women of the Republic at home and abroad , in peace or in war , in trial or in
triumph , — ever our wisest counsellors , our most generous and disinterested
helpmates and our sincerest and dearest friends . » Music : Valse des étoiles ...
The women of the Republic at home and abroad , in peace or in war , in trial or in
triumph , — ever our wisest counsellors , our most generous and disinterested
helpmates and our sincerest and dearest friends . » Music : Valse des étoiles ...
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... the triumph of that great cause ; he raised up heroes , he crowned martyrs , and
according to his usual mode of action , the accomplishing of great designs by
small means , He made use of this little republic , to be one of the chief
instruments ...
... the triumph of that great cause ; he raised up heroes , he crowned martyrs , and
according to his usual mode of action , the accomplishing of great designs by
small means , He made use of this little republic , to be one of the chief
instruments ...
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Page 5 - Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and, sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 25 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 4 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity: Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Page 18 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Page 8 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Page 21 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 10 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 13 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear...
Page 4 - I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Page 5 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
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| Title | The Nation and the Constitution: An Oration Delivered Before the City Authorities and Citizens of Providence, July 4, 1866 |
| Author | Jeremiah Lewis Diman |
| Publisher | Providence Press Company, 1866 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 24 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 23 pages |
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