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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... honor ; but to say that the law governs , is to confuse the fundamental principles of a free society . " It is certain , " says one of the clearest political reason- ers of our day , the late Sir Cornewall Lewis , " that in every sort ...
... honor ; but to say that the law governs , is to confuse the fundamental principles of a free society . " It is certain , " says one of the clearest political reason- ers of our day , the late Sir Cornewall Lewis , " that in every sort ...
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... honor The first proposition , then , to which I propose to speak is , that the Union was and is one of the grand foundations upon which our independence and nationality are based . But whilst these colonies all owed and ac- knowledged ...
... honor The first proposition , then , to which I propose to speak is , that the Union was and is one of the grand foundations upon which our independence and nationality are based . But whilst these colonies all owed and ac- knowledged ...
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... honor to acknowledge the receipt of your complimentary letter , requesting a copy of my Address at Paoli , on the 4th inst . , for publication . In complying with your request , allow me to express the hope , that notwithstanding its ...
... honor to acknowledge the receipt of your complimentary letter , requesting a copy of my Address at Paoli , on the 4th inst . , for publication . In complying with your request , allow me to express the hope , that notwithstanding its ...
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... honor to the fathers . I salute you with congratulations . I congratulate you upon having such a day as the Fourth of July . Others have freely given life , liberty , fortune , home , everything dear on earth , for a day of national ...
... honor to the fathers . I salute you with congratulations . I congratulate you upon having such a day as the Fourth of July . Others have freely given life , liberty , fortune , home , everything dear on earth , for a day of national ...
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... there is always but one right path to follow . For rulers and statesmen , as for people , there is but one way to honor . For us all , the path of duty is the way to happiness and glory . Lon le ithou ressid Gent llow f the resen f 23.
... there is always but one right path to follow . For rulers and statesmen , as for people , there is but one way to honor . For us all , the path of duty is the way to happiness and glory . Lon le ithou ressid Gent llow f the resen f 23.
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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...