A Library of Universal Literature: In 4 Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations. Pt.3: Orations, Band 7Collier, 1900 |
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... question could be more full of interest ; if we look at it now , and judge of its importance by its effects , it appears of still greater magnitude . Let us , then , bring before us the assembly , which was about to decide a question ...
... question could be more full of interest ; if we look at it now , and judge of its importance by its effects , it appears of still greater magnitude . Let us , then , bring before us the assembly , which was about to decide a question ...
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... question to the vote , and of writing his own name first , and most conspicuously , on that parchment which spoke defiance to the power of the crown of England . There , too , is the name of that other proscribed patriot , Samuel Adams ...
... question to the vote , and of writing his own name first , and most conspicuously , on that parchment which spoke defiance to the power of the crown of England . There , too , is the name of that other proscribed patriot , Samuel Adams ...
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... question , is , whether literature , ancient as well as modern , does not assist a good under- standing , improve natural good taste , add polished armor to native strength , and render its possessor , not only more capable of deriving ...
... question , is , whether literature , ancient as well as modern , does not assist a good under- standing , improve natural good taste , add polished armor to native strength , and render its possessor , not only more capable of deriving ...
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... questions which it involves . As practical questions , they were canvassed when the measures which they regarded were acted on and adopted ; and as belonging to history , the time has not come for their consideration . It is , perhaps ...
... questions which it involves . As practical questions , they were canvassed when the measures which they regarded were acted on and adopted ; and as belonging to history , the time has not come for their consideration . It is , perhaps ...
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... question now in debate may depend the cause of liberty itself . I am of the same opinion ; but then , sir , the liberty which I think is staked on the contest is not political liberty , in any general and undefined character , but our ...
... question now in debate may depend the cause of liberty itself . I am of the same opinion ; but then , sir , the liberty which I think is staked on the contest is not political liberty , in any general and undefined character , but our ...
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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 213 - 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...
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 112 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Seite 145 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Seite 309 - 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 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 7 - ... country. Behold, how altered! The same heavens are, indeed, over your heads; the same ocean rolls at your feet; but all else, how changed! You hear now no roar of hostile cannon, you see no mixed volumes of smoke and flame rising from burning Charlestown. The ground strewed with the dead and the...
Seite 8 - He has allowed you to behold and to partake the reward of your patriotic toils; and he has allowed us, your sons and countrymen, to meet you here, and in the name of the present generation, in the name of your country, in the name of liberty, to thank you!
Seite 305 - 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 53 - Then, patriotism is eloquent ; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.