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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... labor and usefulness , has fallen under the burden of disease long and heroically borne . A Of him , as much as of any man of his time , it may be said , that he lived not for himself or his kindred . special representative of this ...
... labor and usefulness , has fallen under the burden of disease long and heroically borne . A Of him , as much as of any man of his time , it may be said , that he lived not for himself or his kindred . special representative of this ...
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... labor for fitting terms in which to express the grief that oppresses us . - The portion of time occupied by the life of the illus- trious dead , covers a most important period in the annals of the nation ; and it is quite impossible in ...
... labor for fitting terms in which to express the grief that oppresses us . - The portion of time occupied by the life of the illus- trious dead , covers a most important period in the annals of the nation ; and it is quite impossible in ...
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... the great duty he had undertaken - regardless alike of labor and of personal danger ; and while so performing his duties in the Senate chamber , he suffered those LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS . 43 PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
... the great duty he had undertaken - regardless alike of labor and of personal danger ; and while so performing his duties in the Senate chamber , he suffered those LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS . 43 PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
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... blessings of liberty , and to - day I stand the peer of every man in this House , and this , as I believe , through the life and labor of CHARLES SUMNER . What a change has taken place within the forty years 58 CHARLES SUMNER .
... blessings of liberty , and to - day I stand the peer of every man in this House , and this , as I believe , through the life and labor of CHARLES SUMNER . What a change has taken place within the forty years 58 CHARLES SUMNER .
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... labor of love , in thus transmitting to our keeping this precious dust . We receive it at your hands with the assurance that it shall be guarded most tenderly , and the spot to which it shall be borne for its final resting - place ...
... labor of love , in thus transmitting to our keeping this precious dust . We receive it at your hands with the assurance that it shall be guarded most tenderly , and the spot to which it shall be borne for its final resting - place ...
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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 77 - Behold, Thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of Thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain : he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. And now, LORD, what is my hope : truly, my hope is even in 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 80 - So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting ? O grave, where is thy victory ? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law ; but thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 300 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Page 95 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Page 298 - I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.