A Memorial of Charles Sumner ..."1 carbon print of a photographic portrait of Sumner by Allen and Rowell, Boston ... one of only a few that are identified by this firm."--Hanson Collection Catalogue, p. 49. |
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... Republic . RESOLVED , That in the galaxy of her illustrious chil- dren , whose colonial , revolutionary , constitutional and military services shed an undying lustre upon her name , MASSACHUSETTS HAS NO WORTHIER SON ! PROCEEDINGS IN THE ...
... Republic . RESOLVED , That in the galaxy of her illustrious chil- dren , whose colonial , revolutionary , constitutional and military services shed an undying lustre upon her name , MASSACHUSETTS HAS NO WORTHIER SON ! PROCEEDINGS IN THE ...
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... Republic . Around CHARLES SUMNER as Senator and citizen , as associate and friend , have circled , for a quarter of a cen- tury , the best aspiration , the highest culture , the loftiest purpose , and the most earnest hopes of our ...
... Republic . Around CHARLES SUMNER as Senator and citizen , as associate and friend , have circled , for a quarter of a cen- tury , the best aspiration , the highest culture , the loftiest purpose , and the most earnest hopes of our ...
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... Republic is virtue ; and so he demanded for the people complete social and civil equal- ity , and of the government a patriotic and honest admin- istration of public affairs . Exposed at all times by his sturdy and uncompromising faith ...
... Republic is virtue ; and so he demanded for the people complete social and civil equal- ity , and of the government a patriotic and honest admin- istration of public affairs . Exposed at all times by his sturdy and uncompromising faith ...
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... Republic ; it was not accident which elevated him to the championship of human equality , and brought him to mar- tyrdom in the holy cause . No. The high purpose , the devotion to the best mental culture , the eager demand for the ...
... Republic ; it was not accident which elevated him to the championship of human equality , and brought him to mar- tyrdom in the holy cause . No. The high purpose , the devotion to the best mental culture , the eager demand for the ...
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... Republic , is due to the union formed by the people of the loyal States over his prostrate body in the Senate Chamber . And now , sir , that he is taken away , we feel that in the fulness of his time he had come to another point of ...
... Republic , is due to the union formed by the people of the loyal States over his prostrate body in the Senate Chamber . And now , sir , that he is taken away , we feel that in the fulness of his time he had come to another point of ...
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Page 133 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 80 - Behold, I shew you a mystery : we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: (for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality...
Page 82 - ... who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest from their labors. And we beseech thee, that we, with all those who are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 84 - The voice at midnight came, He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 81 - Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts : shut not thy merciful ears to our prayers ; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee.
Page 94 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2.
Page 309 - Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him further.
Page 76 - I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.
Page 77 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; Hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Page 88 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead who die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.