The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 1Lee and Shepard, 1870 - Antislavery movements |
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... Fathers of the Republic . Their venerable forms rise before us , in the procession of successive generations . They come from the frozen rock of Plymouth , from the wasted bands of Raleigh , from the heavenly companionship of Penn ...
... Fathers of the Republic . Their venerable forms rise before us , in the procession of successive generations . They come from the frozen rock of Plymouth , from the wasted bands of Raleigh , from the heavenly companionship of Penn ...
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... fathers is doubtless to their children a most precious treasure ; but to enjoy it without trans- mission to the next generation , and without addition , is the extreme of ignominy . Following these counsels , when your days on earth are ...
... fathers is doubtless to their children a most precious treasure ; but to enjoy it without trans- mission to the next generation , and without addition , is the extreme of ignominy . Following these counsels , when your days on earth are ...
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Charles Sumner. - - blood . Fain would I offer my tribute to the Father of Poetry , standing with harp of immortal melody on the misty mountain - top of distant Antiquity , -to those stories of courage and sacrifice which emblazon the an ...
Charles Sumner. - - blood . Fain would I offer my tribute to the Father of Poetry , standing with harp of immortal melody on the misty mountain - top of distant Antiquity , -to those stories of courage and sacrifice which emblazon the an ...
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... father , and bring home bloody spoils , his enemy being slain , and so make glad the heart of his mother ! " From early fields of modern literature , as from those of antiquity , might be gathered similar illustrations , showing the ...
... father , and bring home bloody spoils , his enemy being slain , and so make glad the heart of his mother ! " From early fields of modern literature , as from those of antiquity , might be gathered similar illustrations , showing the ...
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... fathers . Rather strive to excel our fathers . What in them was good imitate ; but do not bind ourselves , as in chains of Fate , by their imperfect example . In all modesty be it said , we have lived to little purpose , if we are not ...
... fathers . Rather strive to excel our fathers . What in them was good imitate ; but do not bind ourselves , as in chains of Fate , by their imperfect example . In all modesty be it said , we have lived to little purpose , if we are not ...
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Page 347 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Page 20 - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Page 113 - Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night...
Page 495 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones And cursed be he that moves my bones.
Page 112 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Page 273 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Page 286 - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and, without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Page 292 - ... view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against...
Page 61 - Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Page 65 - No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him.