The Great Orations and Senatorial Speech of Daniel Webster: Comprising Eulogy on Adams and Jefferson; First Settlement of New England; Bunker Hill Monument; Reply to HayneW. M. Hayward, 1853 - 112 страница |
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... light , with power to enkin- dle the common mass of human mind ; so that when it glimmers , in its own decay , and finally goes out in death , no night follows ; but it leaves the world all light , all on fire , from the potent contact ...
... light , with power to enkin- dle the common mass of human mind ; so that when it glimmers , in its own decay , and finally goes out in death , no night follows ; but it leaves the world all light , all on fire , from the potent contact ...
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... light ; and now that they are beyond the visible margin of the world , good omens cheer us from " the bright track of their fiery car ! " There were many points of similarity in the lives and fortunes of these great men . They belonged ...
... light ; and now that they are beyond the visible margin of the world , good omens cheer us from " the bright track of their fiery car ! " There were many points of similarity in the lives and fortunes of these great men . They belonged ...
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... light , his decay- ing vision . " Alas ! that vision was then closing forever . Alas ! the silence which was then settling on that aged ear , was an everlasting silence ! For lo ! in the very moment of our festivities , his freed spirit ...
... light , his decay- ing vision . " Alas ! that vision was then closing forever . Alas ! the silence which was then settling on that aged ear , was an everlasting silence ! For lo ! in the very moment of our festivities , his freed spirit ...
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... light . Anger or resentment , certainly , much less personal reproach and in- vective , could not properly find place , in a composition of such high dignity , and of such lofty and permanent character . A single reflection on the ...
... light . Anger or resentment , certainly , much less personal reproach and in- vective , could not properly find place , in a composition of such high dignity , and of such lofty and permanent character . A single reflection on the ...
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... light - he thanked God , for this mercy , and bowed his aged head to the grave . " Felix non vitæ tantum claritate , sed etiam op- portunitate mortis . " The last public labor of Mr. Jefferson naturally suggests the expression of the ...
... light - he thanked God , for this mercy , and bowed his aged head to the grave . " Felix non vitæ tantum claritate , sed etiam op- portunitate mortis . " The last public labor of Mr. Jefferson naturally suggests the expression of the ...
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Adams American ancestors authority Banquo behold blessing BUNKER HILL MONUMENT cause character civil colonies commerce Congress constitution constitutional law dangerous debate Declaration duty early effect England enjoy established existence expressed fathers favorable feeling fellow-citizens fortune ground happiness Hartford Convention heart Heaven honorable gentleman honorable member hope human important independence interest interfere internal improvement Jefferson JOHN ADAMS knowledge labor legislature liberty live look maintain Massachusetts measures ment military nature never North-western Territory object occasion opinions oppression original palpable Parliament party passed patriotism peace political possess present President principles public lands purpose question regard religion religious resistance respect revolution right of revolution ROBERT TREAT PAINE Senate sentiments slavery South Carolina speech spirit supposed tariff laws tariff of 1816 thing THOMAS JEFFERSON thought tion true trust unconstitutional Union United venerable votes whole Writs of Assistance
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Страница 12 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Страница 13 - July; and at the same time, it was voted that a committee be appointed to prepare a Declaration to the effect of the resolution. This committee was elected by ballot, on the following day, and consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston.
Страница 18 - Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see, I see clearly through this day's business. You and I, indeed, may rue it. We may not live to the time when this declaration shall be made good. We may die; die colonists ; die slaves ; die, it may be, ignominiously, and on the scaffold. Be it so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour of sacrifice, come when that hour may. But while...
Страница 18 - ... If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies; and I know, that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be eradicated.
Страница 19 - But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven.
Страница 55 - THIS uncounted multitude before me, and around me, proves the feeling which the occasion has excited. These thousands of human faces, glowing with sympathy and joy, and, from the impulses of a common gratitude, turned reverently to heaven, in this spacious temple of the firmament, proclaim that the day, the place, and the purpose of our assembling have made a deep impression on our hearts.