Orations and Speeches [1845-1850], Volumen1Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 |
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... benefactor , nor deserving of Honor , whatever his worldly renown , whose life is passed in acts of brute force ; who * Liv . VIII . c . 6 . renounces the great law of Christian brotherhood ; whose vocation 10 THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS .
... benefactor , nor deserving of Honor , whatever his worldly renown , whose life is passed in acts of brute force ; who * Liv . VIII . c . 6 . renounces the great law of Christian brotherhood ; whose vocation 10 THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS .
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... passing stranger ; but none pity or aid them . The sweet fountains of sympathy are all closed by the self- ishness of individual distress . In the general agony , the more impetuous rush from the gates , and impale themselves on the ...
... passing stranger ; but none pity or aid them . The sweet fountains of sympathy are all closed by the self- ishness of individual distress . In the general agony , the more impetuous rush from the gates , and impale themselves on the ...
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... passed away ; Erebus and black Night , born of Chaos , still brood over the earth ; nor can we hail the clear day , until the mighty hearts of the nations have been touched , as the hearts of individual men , and all shall acknowledge ...
... passed away ; Erebus and black Night , born of Chaos , still brood over the earth ; nor can we hail the clear day , until the mighty hearts of the nations have been touched , as the hearts of individual men , and all shall acknowledge ...
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... passed in which a nation , within the enchanted circle of civilization , can make war upon its neighbor , for any professed purpose of booty or vengeance . It does " naught in hate , but all in honor . " There are professions of ten ...
... passed in which a nation , within the enchanted circle of civilization , can make war upon its neighbor , for any professed purpose of booty or vengeance . It does " naught in hate , but all in honor . " There are professions of ten ...
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... passed away . - And who is the God of Battles ! It is Mars ; man- slaying , blood - polluted , city - smiting Mars ! † Him we cannot adore . It is not He who binds the sweet influ- ences of the Pleiades , and looses the bands of Orion ...
... passed away . - And who is the God of Battles ! It is Mars ; man- slaying , blood - polluted , city - smiting Mars ! † Him we cannot adore . It is not He who binds the sweet influ- ences of the Pleiades , and looses the bands of Orion ...
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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.