Orations: American oratorsP.F. Collier and son, 1900 |
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... never been conceived , if we ourselves had never been born , the seventeenth of June , 1775 , would have been a day on which all subsequent his- tory would have poured its light , and the eminence where we stand , a point of attraction ...
... never been conceived , if we ourselves had never been born , the seventeenth of June , 1775 , would have been a day on which all subsequent his- tory would have poured its light , and the eminence where we stand , a point of attraction ...
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... never be without its interest . We shall not stand unmoved on the shore of Plymouth , while the sea continues to wash it ; nor will our brethren , in another early and ancient colony , forget the place of its first estab- lishment ...
... never be without its interest . We shall not stand unmoved on the shore of Plymouth , while the sea continues to wash it ; nor will our brethren , in another early and ancient colony , forget the place of its first estab- lishment ...
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... you could not reasonably have expected to arrive ; at a moment of national prosperity , such as you could never have foreseen , you are now met here to enjoy the fellowship of old soldiers and to BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
... you could not reasonably have expected to arrive ; at a moment of national prosperity , such as you could never have foreseen , you are now met here to enjoy the fellowship of old soldiers and to BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
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... never loses . On the contrary , it increases by the multiple of its own power ; all its ends become means ; all its attainments help to new conquests . Its whole abundant harvest is but so much seed wheat , and nothing has ascertained ...
... never loses . On the contrary , it increases by the multiple of its own power ; all its ends become means ; all its attainments help to new conquests . Its whole abundant harvest is but so much seed wheat , and nothing has ascertained ...
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... never departed . While still living at Quincy , and at the age of twenty- four , Mr. Adams was present , in this town , at the argument before the Supreme Court respecting Writs of Assistance , and heard the celebrated and patriotic ...
... never departed . While still living at Quincy , and at the age of twenty- four , Mr. Adams was present , in this town , at the argument before the Supreme Court respecting Writs of Assistance , and heard the celebrated and patriotic ...
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admitted adopted American annexation appointed Articles of Confederation authority Brown Street cause character charity charter Colman Colonies compact Confederation Congress Constitution Convention corporation court Crownin Dartmouth College Declaration doubt duty established execution exercise existing fact feel fellow citizens Frank Knapp gentlemen George Crowninshield grant Hampshire honor hope House human important John Adams judge judgment land lature learned legislative Legislature liberty live Massachusetts means ment Mexico murder nature North nullification object occasion opinion ordinance party passed patriotic peace persons political present President principles prisoner privileges prove purpose question regard resolution respect Richard Crowninshield secession Senate sentiments slave slavery South Carolina sovereign sovereign communities speak stand stitution suppose tariff of 1816 territory Texas things tion trustees Union United Virginia vote whole Wilmot Proviso witness Ye men
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Seite 83 - Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Seite 329 - Ah ! Gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is saf,e.
Seite 57 - If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies ; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies, and I know that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts and cannot be eradicated.
Seite 56 - I know there is not a man here, who would not rather see a general conflagration sweep over the land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jot or tittle of that plighted faith fall to the ground. For myself, having, twelve 'months ago, in this place, moved you, that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised, or to be raised, for defense of American liberty, may my right hand forget her cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver in the support I...
Seite 307 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Seite 55 - Are not you, sir, who sit in that chair, is not he, our venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed...
Seite 303 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Seite 328 - It is accomplished. The deed is done. He retreats, retraces his steps to the window, passes out through it as he came in, and escapes. He has done the murder ; no eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe I Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake ! Such a secret can be safe nowhere.
Seite 25 - Let our conceptions be enlarged to the circle of our duties. Let us extend our ideas over the whole of the vast field in which we are called to act. Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
Seite 328 - ... to the repose of death! It is the assassin's purpose to make sure work; and he plies the dagger, though it is obvious that life has been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon. He even raises the aged arm...