Oration Pronounced by the Honorable Robert C. Winthrop, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the Fourth of July, 1848: On the Occasion of Laying the Corner-stone of the National Monument to the Memory of WashingtonJ. & G.S. Gideon, printers, 1848 - 67 páginas |
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... devoted to rendering an affectionate and grateful homage to his memory . The circumstance that after the lapse of nearly half a century since his death , it has been so employed , is a gratifying indication that his memory is still ...
... devoted to rendering an affectionate and grateful homage to his memory . The circumstance that after the lapse of nearly half a century since his death , it has been so employed , is a gratifying indication that his memory is still ...
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... devoted to the public service of the country , and where still repose , in their original resting - place , all that remained of him when life was over . On the other side , and within our more immediate view , is the Capitol of the ...
... devoted to the public service of the country , and where still repose , in their original resting - place , all that remained of him when life was over . On the other side , and within our more immediate view , is the Capitol of the ...
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... devoted as they were , were bound to him rather by ties of respect than of love . It was not the power of a daring and desperate spirit of heroic adventure . " If I ever said so , ” replied Wash- ington , when asked whether he had said ...
... devoted as they were , were bound to him rather by ties of respect than of love . It was not the power of a daring and desperate spirit of heroic adventure . " If I ever said so , ” replied Wash- ington , when asked whether he had said ...
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... devote all his energies and all his influence , all his popularity and all his ability , to the establishment of that Republican System , of which he was from first to last the uncompro- mising advocate , and with the ultimate success ...
... devote all his energies and all his influence , all his popularity and all his ability , to the establishment of that Republican System , of which he was from first to last the uncompro- mising advocate , and with the ultimate success ...
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... devoted to the people . This is the man required by liberty . The want of the age is a European Washington ! " And who shall supply that want but he who so vividly realizes it ? Enthusiastic , eloquent , admirable Lamar- tine ! Though ...
... devoted to the people . This is the man required by liberty . The want of the age is a European Washington ! " And who shall supply that want but he who so vividly realizes it ? Enthusiastic , eloquent , admirable Lamar- tine ! Though ...
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