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 2445
... to establish post - roads , they claim that of cutting down mountains for the construction of roads and digging canals , etc. And what is our resource for the preservation of the Constitution ? Reason and ROBERT Y. HAYNE 2445.
... to establish post - roads , they claim that of cutting down mountains for the construction of roads and digging canals , etc. And what is our resource for the preservation of the Constitution ? Reason and ROBERT Y. HAYNE 2445.
Página 2446
... Reason and argu- ment ? You might as well reason and argue with the marble columns encircling them , etc. Are we then to stand to our arms with the hot- headed Georgian ? No [ and I say no , and South Carolina has said no ] ; that must ...
... Reason and argu- ment ? You might as well reason and argue with the marble columns encircling them , etc. Are we then to stand to our arms with the hot- headed Georgian ? No [ and I say no , and South Carolina has said no ] ; that must ...
Página 2450
... reason or argument , consists in strik- ing out some casual and partial coincidence which has nothing to do , or at least implies no necessary connection with the nature of the things , which are forced into a seeming analogy by a play ...
... reason or argument , consists in strik- ing out some casual and partial coincidence which has nothing to do , or at least implies no necessary connection with the nature of the things , which are forced into a seeming analogy by a play ...
Página 2451
... reason , and cannot be too much on their guard against deserving it . Before we can laugh at a thing , its absurdity must at least be open and palpable to com- mon apprehension . Ridicule is necessarily built on certain sup- posed facts ...
... reason , and cannot be too much on their guard against deserving it . Before we can laugh at a thing , its absurdity must at least be open and palpable to com- mon apprehension . Ridicule is necessarily built on certain sup- posed facts ...
Página 2454
... reason why more slight and partial , or merely accidental and nominal , resemblances serve the purposes of wit , and indeed characterize its essence as a distinct operation and faculty of the mind , is , that the object of ludicrous ...
... reason why more slight and partial , or merely accidental and nominal , resemblances serve the purposes of wit , and indeed characterize its essence as a distinct operation and faculty of the mind , is , that the object of ludicrous ...
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American answer army believe blood body called Cheers Christ Church citizens civil common Congress consider Constitution convention Count Nesselrode court declared Delivered doctrine Duluth duty earth election Émile Zola enemies England faith father favor Federal feel fellow-citizens force France Freedmen's Bureau friends gentlemen give God's hand hath heart heaven holy honor hope House human Isocrates John Hampden judge justice king labor land liberty live Lord Louisiana Majesty Massachusetts ment mind nation nature never oppressed orator Parliament party peace Phædo poet political present President princes principles protoplasm Puritan question religion Republic Republican Republican party revolution Revolution of 1848 Russia sacred saith Samuel Adams Senate slave slavery soul speak speech spirit stand things thou thought tion true trust Union United United States Senate unto Virginia voice Voltaire whole word
Pasajes populares
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?