The American Orator: With an Appendix Containing the Declaration of Independence, with the Fac-similes of the Autographs of the Signers; the Constitution of the United States; Washington's Farewell Address; and Fac-similes of the Autographs of a Large Number of Distinguished Individualscompiler, 1853 - 448 Seiten |
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... interest to the public . We are emphatic- ally a nation of talkers . The ambition of nearly all our men of intellectual eminence seems to be to succeed in the field of oratorical display . From those fortunate individ- uals who have ...
... interest to the public . We are emphatic- ally a nation of talkers . The ambition of nearly all our men of intellectual eminence seems to be to succeed in the field of oratorical display . From those fortunate individ- uals who have ...
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... interest mankind ! The victory of yesterday is reversed by the defeat of to - day ; the star of military glory , rising like a meteor , like a meteor has fallen ; disgrace and disaster hang on the heels of conquest and renown ; victor ...
... interest mankind ! The victory of yesterday is reversed by the defeat of to - day ; the star of military glory , rising like a meteor , like a meteor has fallen ; disgrace and disaster hang on the heels of conquest and renown ; victor ...
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... interest for the result overwhelms him ; - he trembles , as if it were still uncertain , and seems to doubt whether he may consider Socrates and Plato , Demosthenes , Sophocles and Phidias , as secure , yet , to himself and to the world ...
... interest for the result overwhelms him ; - he trembles , as if it were still uncertain , and seems to doubt whether he may consider Socrates and Plato , Demosthenes , Sophocles and Phidias , as secure , yet , to himself and to the world ...
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... interest to the proceedings in which we are engaged . I may not , I will not , disturb the harmony of the scene before me , by the slightest allusion of a party character . The circumstances of the occasion forbid it ; the associations ...
... interest to the proceedings in which we are engaged . I may not , I will not , disturb the harmony of the scene before me , by the slightest allusion of a party character . The circumstances of the occasion forbid it ; the associations ...
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... interests of this united people , I should hope that , under such feelings , and with such dispositions , we may advantageously proceed to the consideration of this bill , and heal , before they are yet bleeding , the wounds of our ...
... interests of this united people , I should hope that , under such feelings , and with such dispositions , we may advantageously proceed to the consideration of this bill , and heal , before they are yet bleeding , the wounds of our ...
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Seite 197 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Seite 115 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Seite 402 - Here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the Union of the whole. The North, in an unrestrained intercourse with the South, protected by the equal Laws of a common government, finds in the productions of the latter, great additional resources of Maratime and commercial enterprise and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The...
Seite 93 - Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and Independence forever.
Seite 199 - There is a just God, who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Seite 394 - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Seite 400 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved...
Seite 198 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Seite 403 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the Union by which they were procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those Advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their Brethren and connect them with Aliens?
Seite 400 - FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the Executive Government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed to decline being considered among the number...