The Nation and the Constitution: An Oration Delivered Before the City Authorities and Citizens of Providence, July 4, 1866Providence Press Company, 1866 - 23 Seiten |
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... European peasant , one of a class which has never yet proved itself capable of local self- government . We cannot too deeply engrave on all our minds the fact that our political system is an essentially new experiment in the life of ...
... European peasant , one of a class which has never yet proved itself capable of local self- government . We cannot too deeply engrave on all our minds the fact that our political system is an essentially new experiment in the life of ...
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... Europe , recognized power not as an estate , held for the benefit of the possessors . but as a trust to be exercised for the common good . Whatever may be the analogies between American and English institu- tions , there is a radical ...
... Europe , recognized power not as an estate , held for the benefit of the possessors . but as a trust to be exercised for the common good . Whatever may be the analogies between American and English institu- tions , there is a radical ...
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... Europe for the torpor of Mohamme- dan rule . To have first recognized this principle con- stitutes our distinction as a nation . We have , in fact , suffered our instinct of nationality to become weakened by fixing our eyes too much on ...
... Europe for the torpor of Mohamme- dan rule . To have first recognized this principle con- stitutes our distinction as a nation . We have , in fact , suffered our instinct of nationality to become weakened by fixing our eyes too much on ...
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... Europe rings with sue the nobler arts of peace . be eclipsed by the grander Truth . arms , we are left to pur- Let the victories of war victories of Justice and Ge Mancy to Mesus John and be Paris Hand- 7 ORATION . 23.
... Europe rings with sue the nobler arts of peace . be eclipsed by the grander Truth . arms , we are left to pur- Let the victories of war victories of Justice and Ge Mancy to Mesus John and be Paris Hand- 7 ORATION . 23.
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... European friends of the United States , several of whom , it will be afterwards seen , accepted ; while others , either by official engagements or absence , were compelled to decline , greatly to their regret and ours . The Americans ...
... European friends of the United States , several of whom , it will be afterwards seen , accepted ; while others , either by official engagements or absence , were compelled to decline , greatly to their regret and ours . The Americans ...
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Seite 29 - Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and, sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Seite 5 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Seite 2 - 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 28 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Seite 6 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Seite 9 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear...
Seite 29 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...