The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen7F. P. Kaiser, 1901 - 4107 páginas The text of thousands of speeches from all historical periods through the 19th century arranged in alphabetical order. |
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Página 2435
... peaceful local self - government is not fully enjoyed . Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the cause of this ... peace- ful industries and the happiness that belong to it , or a return to barbarism . It is a question in which ...
... peaceful local self - government is not fully enjoyed . Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the cause of this ... peace- ful industries and the happiness that belong to it , or a return to barbarism . It is a question in which ...
Página 2438
... peace of Europe , that our traditional rule of noninterference in the affairs of foreign nations has proved of great value in past times and ought to be strictly observed . The policy inaugurated by my honored predecessor , President ...
... peace of Europe , that our traditional rule of noninterference in the affairs of foreign nations has proved of great value in past times and ought to be strictly observed . The policy inaugurated by my honored predecessor , President ...
Página 2440
... peace , and union - a union depending , not upon the con- straint of force , but upon the loving devotion of a free people ; " and that all things may be so ordered and settled upon the best and surest foundations that peace and ...
... peace , and union - a union depending , not upon the con- straint of force , but upon the loving devotion of a free people ; " and that all things may be so ordered and settled upon the best and surest foundations that peace and ...
Página 2458
... peace sealed with the pommel of the sword . Treaties of peace are short of breath and short - lived ! Free constitutions endure from gener- ation to generation ! On the day on which ninety - five years ago the American people declared ...
... peace sealed with the pommel of the sword . Treaties of peace are short of breath and short - lived ! Free constitutions endure from gener- ation to generation ! On the day on which ninety - five years ago the American people declared ...
Página 2476
... peace and reconciliation . There is no longer any room for hope . If we wish to be free -if we mean to preserviolate those inestim- able privileges for which we have been so ion contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble ...
... peace and reconciliation . There is no longer any room for hope . If we wish to be free -if we mean to preserviolate those inestim- able privileges for which we have been so ion contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble ...
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Página 2475 - Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?
Página 2492 - ... a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.
Página 2535 - Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law...
Página 2569 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 2835 - For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent?
Página 2778 - 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 own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Página 2541 - That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it.
Página 2477 - Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle?
Página 2794 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.
Página 2796 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those Divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?