Orations and Speeches [1845-1850], Volumen1Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 |
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... on which , in obedience to the Spirit of their Age , they sealed their devotion to duty with their blood . They seem to speak to us , their children : " Cease to vaunt yourselves of what you do , and of what has been done for you . Learn.
... on which , in obedience to the Spirit of their Age , they sealed their devotion to duty with their blood . They seem to speak to us , their children : " Cease to vaunt yourselves of what you do , and of what has been done for you . Learn.
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... blood , whose steps on earth have been noiseless as an angel's wing . It cannot be disguised that these views differ from the opinions most popular with the world down to this day . The voice of man is yet given to the praise of mili ...
... blood , whose steps on earth have been noiseless as an angel's wing . It cannot be disguised that these views differ from the opinions most popular with the world down to this day . The voice of man is yet given to the praise of mili ...
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... blood , and seeking , as with a lion's paw , to hold an asserted right . This character of War is somewhat disguised , in more recent days , by the skill and knowledge which it employs ; it is , however , still the same , made more ...
... blood , and seeking , as with a lion's paw , to hold an asserted right . This character of War is somewhat disguised , in more recent days , by the skill and knowledge which it employs ; it is , however , still the same , made more ...
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... need not dwell on the moral debasement of man that must ensue . The passions of his nature are un- leashed like so many blood - hounds , and suffered to rage . All the crimes which fill our prisons stalk 20 THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS .
... need not dwell on the moral debasement of man that must ensue . The passions of his nature are un- leashed like so many blood - hounds , and suffered to rage . All the crimes which fill our prisons stalk 20 THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS .
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... blood - dwells with especial delight on " beautiful captures , " " beauti- ful rescues , " " beautiful prowesses , " and " beautiful feats of arms , " and he wantons in picturing the assaults of cities , " which , being soon gained by ...
... blood - dwells with especial delight on " beautiful captures , " " beauti- ful rescues , " " beautiful prowesses , " and " beautiful feats of arms , " and he wantons in picturing the assaults of cities , " which , being soon gained by ...
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Página 370 - Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us ; and to be merciful, just, and pure (Science and Health, p.
Página 178 - 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.
Página 83 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Página 111 - 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: They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred.
Página 217 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Página 298 - Whereto thus Adam fatherly displeased. "O execrable son so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given; He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.
Página 324 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Página 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...
Página 45 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Página 116 - This little State," says Oldmixon, " subsisted in the midst of six Indian nations, without so much as a Militia for its defence.