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... force of will and that clear - sighted intelligence which are the source of great deeds . I have tried to indicate the subtle insight and perspicacity with which this great man seized upon the phenomena of the natural world . The ...
... force of will and that clear - sighted intelligence which are the source of great deeds . I have tried to indicate the subtle insight and perspicacity with which this great man seized upon the phenomena of the natural world . The ...
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... force which characterizes intellect of such an order . His ambition was lofty and noble , inspiring him with high thoughts and an anxiety to distinguish himself by great achievements . He aimed at dignity and wealth in the same elevated ...
... force which characterizes intellect of such an order . His ambition was lofty and noble , inspiring him with high thoughts and an anxiety to distinguish himself by great achievements . He aimed at dignity and wealth in the same elevated ...
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... Force them to form ten thousand roads , and girth With liquid belts each verdant mound of earth ; To aid the colon's as the carrier's toil , To drive the coulter and to fat the soil ; Learn all mechanic arts , and oft regain Their ...
... Force them to form ten thousand roads , and girth With liquid belts each verdant mound of earth ; To aid the colon's as the carrier's toil , To drive the coulter and to fat the soil ; Learn all mechanic arts , and oft regain Their ...
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... forces had come to light of late , —the mariner's compass , gun- powder , printing , the spur of an intellectual awakening : these were new things for Europe , and full of overturning power in the Old World . But in the New World they ...
... forces had come to light of late , —the mariner's compass , gun- powder , printing , the spur of an intellectual awakening : these were new things for Europe , and full of overturning power in the Old World . But in the New World they ...
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... force which , under God , has been informing each of our generations with the peculiar truths of Americanism . America , therefore , gathers her sons around the school - house to - day as the institution closest to the people , most ...
... force which , under God , has been informing each of our generations with the peculiar truths of Americanism . America , therefore , gathers her sons around the school - house to - day as the institution closest to the people , most ...
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Page 79 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.
Page 80 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Page 80 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 78 - We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty...
Page 118 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 77 - We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests; not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness, of the human race.
Page 277 - By the wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again.
Page 301 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY.
Page 278 - Twas autumn — and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Page 82 - Of the lonely belfry and the dead; For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.