Orations and Speeches [1845-1850], 1. kötetTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 |
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5. oldal
... , 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.
11. oldal
... 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 ...
12. oldal
... 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 .
14. oldal
... 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 ...
20. oldal
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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370. oldal - Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us ; and to be merciful, just, and pure (Science and Health, p.
178. oldal - 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.
83. oldal - 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 or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
111. oldal - 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.
217. oldal - 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...
298. oldal - Whereto thus Adam fatherly displeased. "O execrable son so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given; He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.
324. oldal - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
20. oldal - 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...
45. oldal - 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...
116. oldal - This little State," says Oldmixon, " subsisted in the midst of six Indian nations, without so much as a Militia for its defence.