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
... whole Constitution as it is . Resting upon this sure and substantial foundation , the super- structure of beneficent local governments can be built up , and not otherwise . In furtherance of such obedience to the letter and the spirit ...
... whole Constitution as it is . Resting upon this sure and substantial foundation , the super- structure of beneficent local governments can be built up , and not otherwise . In furtherance of such obedience to the letter and the spirit ...
Página 2437
... whole service to the Government and to the people . They meant that the officer should be secure in his ten- ure as long as his personal character remained untarnished and the performance of his duties satisfactory . They held that ap ...
... whole service to the Government and to the people . They meant that the officer should be secure in his ten- ure as long as his personal character remained untarnished and the performance of his duties satisfactory . They held that ap ...
Página 2442
... whole subject was deliberately re - examined , and the objections urged against the Virginia doctrines carefully con- sidered . The result was that the legislature of Virginia re- affirmed all the principles laid down in the resolutions ...
... whole subject was deliberately re - examined , and the objections urged against the Virginia doctrines carefully con- sidered . The result was that the legislature of Virginia re- affirmed all the principles laid down in the resolutions ...
Página 2446
... whole country was divided on this very question . It formed the line of demarcation between the Federal and Republican parties ; and the great political revolution which then took place turned upon the very question involved in these ...
... whole country was divided on this very question . It formed the line of demarcation between the Federal and Republican parties ; and the great political revolution which then took place turned upon the very question involved in these ...
Página 2448
... whole South in irretriev able ruin . But even this evil , great as it is , is not the chief ground of our complaints . It is the principle involved in the contesta principle , which , substituting the discretion of Congress for the ...
... whole South in irretriev able ruin . But even this evil , great as it is , is not the chief ground of our complaints . It is the principle involved in the contesta principle , which , substituting the discretion of Congress for the ...
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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?