The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 1Lee and Shepard, 1870 - Antislavery movements |
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... mind , defying the most carping criticism , ) I cannot help expressing also my gratitude to Providence , that here , in our city of Boston , one has at last stepped for- ward to consecrate to celestial hopes the day the great day ...
... mind , defying the most carping criticism , ) I cannot help expressing also my gratitude to Providence , that here , in our city of Boston , one has at last stepped for- ward to consecrate to celestial hopes the day the great day ...
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... minds ! Strive to increase the inheritance we have bequeathed to you , - bearing in mind always , that , if we excel you in virtue , such a vic- Learn tory will be to us a mortification , while defeat.
... minds ! Strive to increase the inheritance we have bequeathed to you , - bearing in mind always , that , if we excel you in virtue , such a vic- Learn tory will be to us a mortification , while defeat.
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... minds of men , from mistaken objects , especially from deeds of war , and the extension of empire , that they may be applied to works of justice and benefi- cence , which are better than war or empire . The subject may be novel , on an ...
... minds of men , from mistaken objects , especially from deeds of war , and the extension of empire , that they may be applied to works of justice and benefi- cence , which are better than war or empire . The subject may be novel , on an ...
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... mind , " but springing mani- festly from an ignorant and ignoble passion for new ter- ritory , strengthened , in our case , in a republic whose star is Liberty , by unnatural desire to add new links in chains destined yet to fall from ...
... mind , " but springing mani- festly from an ignorant and ignoble passion for new ter- ritory , strengthened , in our case , in a republic whose star is Liberty , by unnatural desire to add new links in chains destined yet to fall from ...
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... mind , at that age more im- pressible than wax ; she nurses his slumber with its music , pleases his waking hours with its stories , and selects for his playthings the plume and the sword . From the child is formed the man ; and who can ...
... mind , at that age more im- pressible than wax ; she nurses his slumber with its music , pleases his waking hours with its stories , and selects for his playthings the plume and the sword . From the child is formed the man ; and who can ...
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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.