The Life of Charles Sumner: With Choice Specimens of His Eloquence, a Delineation of His Oratorical Character and His Great Speech on KansasDayton and Burdick, 1856 - Всего страниц: 329 |
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... duties of the Whig party - glowing passages from this speech - delivers a brilliant lecture on white slavery in the Barbary States .... .... 46 CHAPTER V. Pronounces an Oration before the Literary Societies of Amherst College - extracts ...
... duties of the Whig party - glowing passages from this speech - delivers a brilliant lecture on white slavery in the Barbary States .... .... 46 CHAPTER V. Pronounces an Oration before the Literary Societies of Amherst College - extracts ...
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... duty ; and if the reasoning which you have adopted be sound , it extends far beyond the limits to which you have now con- fined it . It is not , however , my intention to dis- cuss the matter at all with you . I am too old to desire or ...
... duty ; and if the reasoning which you have adopted be sound , it extends far beyond the limits to which you have now con- fined it . It is not , however , my intention to dis- cuss the matter at all with you . I am too old to desire or ...
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... duties of the Whig party - glowing passages from this speech -- delivers a brilliant lecture on white slavery in the Barbary States . On the 27th of August , 1846 , Mr. Sumner de- livered an oration before the Phi Beta Kappa So- ciety ...
... duties of the Whig party - glowing passages from this speech -- delivers a brilliant lecture on white slavery in the Barbary States . On the 27th of August , 1846 , Mr. Sumner de- livered an oration before the Phi Beta Kappa So- ciety ...
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... duty ; which enjoins perpetual labor , without dis- tinction of country , of color , or of race , for the welfare of the whole human family . In this mighty Christian cause , knowledge , jurispru- dence , art , philanthropy , all are ...
... duty ; which enjoins perpetual labor , without dis- tinction of country , of color , or of race , for the welfare of the whole human family . In this mighty Christian cause , knowledge , jurispru- dence , art , philanthropy , all are ...
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... duties of the Whig Party . In this speech he boldly says : " The time , I believe , has gone by , when the question is asked , What has the North to do with Slavery ? It might almost be answered , that ,. * The legend on the early seal ...
... duties of the Whig Party . In this speech he boldly says : " The time , I believe , has gone by , when the question is asked , What has the North to do with Slavery ? It might almost be answered , that ,. * The legend on the early seal ...
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Стр. 186 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their...
Стр. 157 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Стр. 264 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Стр. 289 - For Humanity sweeps onward : where to-day the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands ; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe ' return To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn. 'Tis as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers...
Стр. 113 - New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth...
Стр. 37 - It is a beautiful picture in Grecian story, that there was at least one spot, the small island of Delos, dedicated to the gods, and kept at all times sacred from war, where the citizens of hostile countries met and united in a common worship.
Стр. 170 - The Senator from South Carolina has read many books of chivalry, and believes himself a chivalrous knight, with sentiments of honor and courage. Of course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight—I mean the harlot. Slavery.
Стр. 289 - For humanity sweeps onward: where today the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return To glean up the scattered ashes into history's golden urn. 'Tis as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers
Стр. 8 - ... at this day. It is the law written by the finger of God on the heart of man...
Стр. 220 - Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung A hideous peal ; yet, when they list, would creep, If aught disturbed their noise, into her womb, And kennel there, yet there still barked and howled Within unseen.