Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1852-1867Little, Brown,, 1867 - United States |
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... influence which that book has produced , and is destined to pro- duce , for the good of mankind , as long as the English language , or indeed as long as any language , shall be read or spoken on earth ! I do not pretend to be familiar ...
... influence which that book has produced , and is destined to pro- duce , for the good of mankind , as long as the English language , or indeed as long as any language , shall be read or spoken on earth ! I do not pretend to be familiar ...
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... influence , mingling with the sound scholarship which pervades her halls , and giving something of a fresher and fuller signifi- cance to her ancient motto , " Christo et Ecclesiæ ; " could we but see a little more of that state of ...
... influence , mingling with the sound scholarship which pervades her halls , and giving something of a fresher and fuller signifi- cance to her ancient motto , " Christo et Ecclesiæ ; " could we but see a little more of that state of ...
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... influence , of any one religious sect , than that it should be without the influence of some sort of vital Christianity . Let us if we can , and as far as we can , so blend the rays which are reflected from every different view of the ...
... influence , of any one religious sect , than that it should be without the influence of some sort of vital Christianity . Let us if we can , and as far as we can , so blend the rays which are reflected from every different view of the ...
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... influence in imparting to them , in a greater or less degree , powers and faculties of the utmost moment to the welfare of their fellow - men ; in communicating to them , indeed , proportionately to their ability to grasp and wield them ...
... influence in imparting to them , in a greater or less degree , powers and faculties of the utmost moment to the welfare of their fellow - men ; in communicating to them , indeed , proportionately to their ability to grasp and wield them ...
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... influence can realize , the spirit of the living creature in the wheels of the prophet , or the familiar but sublime description of the Roman poet , - " Spiritus intus alit ; totamque infusa per artus , Mens agitat molem , et magno se ...
... influence can realize , the spirit of the living creature in the wheels of the prophet , or the familiar but sublime description of the Roman poet , - " Spiritus intus alit ; totamque infusa per artus , Mens agitat molem , et magno se ...
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Page 324 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free.
Page 67 - And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?
Page 285 - I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.
Page 569 - ... his mind and hand went together; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers.
Page 442 - Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Page 213 - Lords and commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Page 276 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Page 269 - We must be unanimous ; there must be no pulling different ways: we must all hang together." Franklin replied, " Yes, we must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.
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Page 12 - Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example.