Orations and Speeches [1845-1850], Zväzok 1Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 |
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Strana 11
... , 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.
... , 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.
Strana 11
... spirit on the opinions of later life ? The mind which trains the child is like the hand that commands the end of a long lever ; a gentle effort at that time suffices to heave the enormous weight of suc- ceeding years . As the boy ...
... spirit on the opinions of later life ? The mind which trains the child is like the hand that commands the end of a long lever ; a gentle effort at that time suffices to heave the enormous weight of suc- ceeding years . As the boy ...
Strana 12
... to this Church on this National Sabbath , by the thump of drum and with the parade of bristling bayonets . It is not strange , then , that the Spirit of War still finds a home among us ; nor that its Honors 12 THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS .
... to this Church on this National Sabbath , by the thump of drum and with the parade of bristling bayonets . It is not strange , then , that the Spirit of War still finds a home among us ; nor that its Honors 12 THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS .
Strana 14
... spirit which provokes to strife . But in making this appeal , he will be startled by the fact , as discreditable as it is impor- tant , that , while the municipal law of each Christian state discarding the Arbitrament of Force ...
... spirit which provokes to strife . But in making this appeal , he will be startled by the fact , as discreditable as it is impor- tant , that , while the municipal law of each Christian state discarding the Arbitrament of Force ...
Strana 20
... spirit - stirring appeal to his troops , says : When the blast of war blows in our ears , Then imitate the action of the tiger . This is plain and frank , and reveals the true character of War . I need not dwell on the moral debasement ...
... spirit - stirring appeal to his troops , says : When the blast of war blows in our ears , Then imitate the action of the tiger . This is plain and frank , and reveals the true character of War . I need not dwell on the moral debasement ...
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Strana 368 - Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us ; and to be merciful, just, and pure (Science and Health, p.
Strana 109 - 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.
Strana 81 - 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 and forts : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Strana 215 - 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...
Strana 18 - 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...
Strana 194 - Aid the dawning tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men; Aid it, paper — aid it type, — Aid it, for the hour is ripe, And our earnest must not slacken Into play; Men of thought and men of action, Clear the way!
Strana 43 - 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...
Strana 114 - This little State," says Oldmixon, " subsisted in the midst of six Indian nations, without so much as a Militia for its defence.
Strana 176 - 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.
Strana 401 - We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.