... it from that union, by which alone its existence is made sure, it will stand, in the end, by the side of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever of vigor it may still retain, over the friends who gather... American Quarterly Review - Page 321edited by - 1831Full view - About this book
| James Milton O'Neill - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1921 - 874 pages
...of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever of vigor it may still retain, over the friends who gather round...its own glory, and on the very spot of its origin. There yet remains to be performed, Mr. President, by far the most grave and important duty, which I... | |
| Robert Porter St. John, Raymond Lenox Noonan - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1922 - 360 pages
...side of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever vigor it may still retain over the friends who gather round it; and it will fall at last, if fall it must, amid the proudest monuments of its own glory, and on the very spot of its origin. I understand the... | |
| Dominic Barthel - Elocution - 1927 - 790 pages
...of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked ; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever vigor it may still retain over the friends who gather round...its own glory and on the very spot of its origin. CRIME WILL OUT-WEBSTER. A n aged man, without an enemy in the world, in his own house and in his own... | |
| Charles Henry Woolbert - Oratory - 1927 - 560 pages
...of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever of vigor it. may still retain over the friends who gather round...monuments of its own glory, and on the very spot of its origin."—WEBSTER. (d) Today we are a free people; only by our own selfishness can we fall. If you... | |
| Warren Choate Shaw - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1928 - 694 pages
...of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever of vigor it may still retain, over the friends who gather round...it will fall at last, if fall it must, amidst the profoundest monuments of its own glory, and on the very spot of its origin. V. Webster's Statement... | |
| Recitations - 1913 - 624 pages
...of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever of vigor it may still retain over the friends who gather round...its own glory, and on the very spot of its origin. serving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1841 - 622 pages
...•which alone its existence is made sure, it will stand, in the end, by the side of that cradle (Boston) in which its infancy was rocked: it will stretch forth...its own glory, and on the very spot of its origin.' The extract relating to Greece contains a quotation from Milton, and the last a paraphrase of Dry-den.... | |
| Rufus Choate - Business & Economics - 2002 - 460 pages
...stretch forth its arm with whatever of vigor it may still retain over the friends who gather around it; and it will fall at last, if fall it must, amidst...its own glory, and on the very spot of its origin." Yes, it was here, that the American people began to be, and the American nation was born in a day.... | |
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