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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... earth for avenging justice , and whose name shall be transmitted to the most distant posterity , among the noble army of martyrs to the cause of Liberty ! May the reader rise from the perusal of this volume with feelings of admiration ...
... earth for avenging justice , and whose name shall be transmitted to the most distant posterity , among the noble army of martyrs to the cause of Liberty ! May the reader rise from the perusal of this volume with feelings of admiration ...
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... earth , and when nation shall not lift up sword against nation , neither learn war any more . We delight to lay before our readers a passage so happy in its construction , and at the same time so just and pleasing in its senti- ments ...
... earth , and when nation shall not lift up sword against nation , neither learn war any more . We delight to lay before our readers a passage so happy in its construction , and at the same time so just and pleasing in its senti- ments ...
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... earth , which he may form for himself , by the cultivation of knowledge , religion , and the kindly virtues of life ; where the confu- sion of tongues shall be dissolved in the union of hearts ; and joyous Nature , borrowing prolific ...
... earth , which he may form for himself , by the cultivation of knowledge , religion , and the kindly virtues of life ; where the confu- sion of tongues shall be dissolved in the union of hearts ; and joyous Nature , borrowing prolific ...
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... earth be filled with His Glory ! ' " 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 . No hostile foot ever sought ...
... earth be filled with His Glory ! ' " 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 . No hostile foot ever sought ...
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... earth from her long exile in the skies , with mighty scales for Nations as for men , shall rear her serene and majestic front ; and by her side , greatest of all , CHARITY , sublime in meekness , hoping all and enduring all , shall ...
... earth from her long exile in the skies , with mighty scales for Nations as for men , shall rear her serene and majestic front ; and by her side , greatest of all , CHARITY , sublime in meekness , hoping all and enduring all , shall ...
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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.
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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.