The Life and Work of James A. Garfield ...: Embracing an Account of the Scenes and Incidents of His Boyhood; the Struggles of His Youth ... His Valor as a Soldier; His Career as a Statesman; His Election to the Presidency; and the Tragic Story of His DeathJones brothers, 1881 - 820 Seiten |
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... heart no more . Here , in the ominous shadow of the cypress , the faults and foibles of life are forgotten , and the imagination builds a shining pathway to the stars . Ascending this with rapid flight , the great dead is transfigured ...
... heart no more . Here , in the ominous shadow of the cypress , the faults and foibles of life are forgotten , and the imagination builds a shining pathway to the stars . Ascending this with rapid flight , the great dead is transfigured ...
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... heart . - Learns elocution . - Hiram rises to view . -An academic course of study . What about college ? -Bethany , maybe . - Decides against it . Why . - Knocks at the door of Williams CHAPTER III . THE MORNING OF POWER . - College ...
... heart . - Learns elocution . - Hiram rises to view . -An academic course of study . What about college ? -Bethany , maybe . - Decides against it . Why . - Knocks at the door of Williams CHAPTER III . THE MORNING OF POWER . - College ...
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... heart ; above the shield an arm and hand grasping a sword . A Latin motto , " In cruce vinco , " — " In the cross I conquer , " - completed the emblem . It is probable that the family had been soldiers , not unlikely in a religious war ...
... heart ; above the shield an arm and hand grasping a sword . A Latin motto , " In cruce vinco , " — " In the cross I conquer , " - completed the emblem . It is probable that the family had been soldiers , not unlikely in a religious war ...
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... heart - throb , more familiar with tears than smiles , has found no poet who would stoop to the lowly theme . In a few years the emigrant wagon will be a thing of the past , and forgotten ; but though we bid it farewell forever , let it ...
... heart - throb , more familiar with tears than smiles , has found no poet who would stoop to the lowly theme . In a few years the emigrant wagon will be a thing of the past , and forgotten ; but though we bid it farewell forever , let it ...
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... heart sick . But with practice she im- proved . Her small arms learned to swing the maul with a steady stroke . Day by day the worm fence crawled around the wheat field , until the ends met . > The highest heroism is not that which ...
... heart sick . But with practice she im- proved . Her small arms learned to swing the maul with a steady stroke . Day by day the worm fence crawled around the wheat field , until the ends met . > The highest heroism is not that which ...
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Seite 210 - Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall, from time to time, direct and appoint.
Seite 239 - Such was he: his work is done. But while the races of mankind endure, Let his great example stand Colossal, seen of every land, And keep the soldier firm, the statesman pure : Till in all lands and thro...
Seite 278 - There would be an end of everything, were the same man or the same body, whether of the nobles or of the people, to exercise those three powers, that of enacting laws, that of executing the public resolutions, and of trying the causes of individuals.
Seite 318 - It has been asserted by one of our profound and most gifted statesmen, that "of all the contrivances for cheating the laboring classes of mankind none has been more effectual than that which deludes them with paper money. This is the most effectual of inventions to fertilize the rich man's fields by the sweat of the poor man's brow.
Seite 278 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or body," says he, " there can be no liberty, because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Seite 283 - States, directed to the president of the senate. The president of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and house of representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted; the person having the greatest number of votes for president shall be president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed...
Seite 472 - For the North and South alike there is but one remedy. All the constitutional power of the nation and of the States and all the volunteer forces of the people should be surrendered to meet this danger by the savory influence of universal education.
Seite 41 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine. A Man's a Man for a
Seite 309 - I have seen the sea lashed into fury and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man ; but I remember that it is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea, from which all heights and depths are measured.
Seite 414 - ... from which the thoughts of a mighty people are to be measured, and by which their final action will be determined.