The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen7The text of thousands of speeches from all historical periods through the 19th century arranged in alphabetical order. |
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Let us , then , fellow - citizens , unite with one heart and one mind ; let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty , and even life itself , are but dreary things .
Let us , then , fellow - citizens , unite with one heart and one mind ; let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty , and even life itself , are but dreary things .
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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?
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen7 Text-books of the American lyceum circle The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Edward Archibald Allen |
| Autor | David Josiah Brewer |
| Editores | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler |
| Editor | F. P. Kaiser, 1901 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 26 Feb. 2008 |
| Largo | 4107 páginas |
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