The World's Great Classics: Orations of American oratorsTimothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne Colonial Press, 1899 Library Committee: Timothy Dwight ... Richard Henry Stoddard, Arthur Richmond Marsh, A.B. [and others] ... Illustrated with nearly two hundred photogravures, etchings, colored plates and full page portraits of great authors. Clarence Cook, art editor. |
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... given merely to make them more obedient drudges , to be sacrificed to the follies and ambition of a few ? or , were not the noble gifts so equally dispensed with a divine purpose and law , that they should as nearly as possible be ...
... given merely to make them more obedient drudges , to be sacrificed to the follies and ambition of a few ? or , were not the noble gifts so equally dispensed with a divine purpose and law , that they should as nearly as possible be ...
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... given any order or family of men authority over others , and if any men have given it , they only could give it for themselves . Our forefathers , ' tis said , consented to be subject to the laws of Great Britain . I will not , at ...
... given any order or family of men authority over others , and if any men have given it , they only could give it for themselves . Our forefathers , ' tis said , consented to be subject to the laws of Great Britain . I will not , at ...
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... given faith to infidels ; so that we may truly say it is not our own arm which has saved us . The hand of heaven appears to have led us on to be , perhaps , humble instruments and means in the great providential dispen- sation which is ...
... given faith to infidels ; so that we may truly say it is not our own arm which has saved us . The hand of heaven appears to have led us on to be , perhaps , humble instruments and means in the great providential dispen- sation which is ...
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... given us a country with every variety of climate and soil , pouring forth in abundance whatever is necessary for the sup- port , comfort , and strength of a nation . Within our own bor- ders we possess all the means of sustenance ...
... given us a country with every variety of climate and soil , pouring forth in abundance whatever is necessary for the sup- port , comfort , and strength of a nation . Within our own bor- ders we possess all the means of sustenance ...
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... given me , all such instruments of slavery on the one hand , and villany on the other , as this writ of assistance is . It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power , the most destructive of English liberty and the ...
... given me , all such instruments of slavery on the one hand , and villany on the other , as this writ of assistance is . It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power , the most destructive of English liberty and the ...
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admitted adoption amendments American army authority Britain British cause Citizen Genet citizens claim colonies commerce common confederation Congress consider constitution Continental Congress convention courts danger declare duty effect elected enemies England English equal eral ernment Europe evils executive existence faith favor federacy federal feel force foreign France genius give hands happiness honorable gentleman hope House human important independence influence intercourse interest Jay's treaty John Adams jury justice land laws legislature liberty Lord Castlereagh measures ment mind nation nature navigation Navigation Act necessary never object obligation opinion oppressive orders in council Parliament party passions patriotism peace political possess present President principles reason render republican respect Revolution Samuel Adams seamen Senate spirit taxes tion trade treaty trial by jury trust Union United Virginia virtue vote wish WRITS OF ASSISTANCE
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Página 34 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the. palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Página 40 - Let it simply be asked. Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Página 59 - Gentlemen may cry 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? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take ; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me...
Página 43 - ... of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption or infatuation. As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot.
Página 37 - But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Página 41 - ... revenue; that to have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant; that the intrinsic embarrassment inseparable from the selection of the proper objects (which is always a choice of difficulties) ought to be a decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the government in making it, and for a spirit of acquiescence in the measures for obtaining revenue, which the public exigencies may at any time dictate. Observe...
Página 32 - I rejoice, that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty, or propriety ; and am persuaded, whatever partiality may be retained for my services, that in the present circumstances of our country, you will not disapprove my determination to retire.
Página 70 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Página 59 - If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending ; if we mean not basely to abandon...
Página 85 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.