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... Father of His Country Gouverneur Morris The Free Use of the Mississippi John Marshall . . . The Defence of Nash . PAGE 19 20 23 24 26 27 29 30 32 33 36 38 39 43 44 47 48 53 54 57 58 BOOK II . THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ORATORY Josiah ...
... Father of His Country Gouverneur Morris The Free Use of the Mississippi John Marshall . . . The Defence of Nash . PAGE 19 20 23 24 26 27 29 30 32 33 36 38 39 43 44 47 48 53 54 57 58 BOOK II . THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ORATORY Josiah ...
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... Fathers 377 378 W. Bourke Cockran . James Proctor Knott The Mystery of Duluth Wu Ting Fang A Wonderful Nation John Mitchell . An Appeal for the Miners The Soldier and The Lawyer 379 380 381 383 384 387 388 390 391 xii CONTENTS PART II ...
... Fathers 377 378 W. Bourke Cockran . James Proctor Knott The Mystery of Duluth Wu Ting Fang A Wonderful Nation John Mitchell . An Appeal for the Miners The Soldier and The Lawyer 379 380 381 383 384 387 388 390 391 xii CONTENTS PART II ...
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... Father of the Constitution . " And we know of what took place in that Convention mainly by the notes which Madison took while it went on , and which he left to be published after his death . James Madison was born near Port Royal ...
... Father of the Constitution . " And we know of what took place in that Convention mainly by the notes which Madison took while it went on , and which he left to be published after his death . James Madison was born near Port Royal ...
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... father of Robert Edward , and the " Light Horse Harry " of the Revolution , in which conflict he was the most dashing of cavalry commanders . We have in the record of this family a cir- cumstance without parallel in our history , in the ...
... father of Robert Edward , and the " Light Horse Harry " of the Revolution , in which conflict he was the most dashing of cavalry commanders . We have in the record of this family a cir- cumstance without parallel in our history , in the ...
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... Father of his country , " but the immediate father of each of them as well . One of his warmest friends and ablest companions in arms , Henry Lee , was chosen by Congress to voice its sense of the country's loss . We give below Lee's ...
... Father of his country , " but the immediate father of each of them as well . One of his warmest friends and ablest companions in arms , Henry Lee , was chosen by Congress to voice its sense of the country's loss . We give below Lee's ...
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Page 298 - Not as the conqueror comes They, the true-hearted, came ; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame. Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear ; — They shook the depths of the desert gloom, With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Page 21 - Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. 2. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
Page 22 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. 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;...
Page 87 - I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the union, To see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 21 - 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.
Page 21 - 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 and humble supplication? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that could be done, to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition...
Page 185 - YE have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy : But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 22 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 218 - Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them : You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
Page 422 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious : If it were so, it was a grievous fault ; And grievously hath Caesar answered it.