Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Том 2W. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1852 |
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... Freedom ; of man's natural rights . This is so plain to a student of American history , or of American pol- itics , that the point requires no arguing . We have a genius for liberty : the American idea is freedom , natural rights ...
... Freedom ; of man's natural rights . This is so plain to a student of American history , or of American pol- itics , that the point requires no arguing . We have a genius for liberty : the American idea is freedom , natural rights ...
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... freedom of three million men for less than three million annual bales of cotton ; true , she often tramples , knowingly , consciously tramples , on the most unquestionable and sacred rights . Yet , when one looks through the whole ...
... freedom of three million men for less than three million annual bales of cotton ; true , she often tramples , knowingly , consciously tramples , on the most unquestionable and sacred rights . Yet , when one looks through the whole ...
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... rises up an honest man , with a great Christian heart in his bosom , and sets free a score or two of slaves inherited from his father ; watches over and tends them in their new - found freedom : or 18 POLITICAL DESTINATION.
... rises up an honest man , with a great Christian heart in his bosom , and sets free a score or two of slaves inherited from his father ; watches over and tends them in their new - found freedom : or 18 POLITICAL DESTINATION.
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... freedom , goes to the South and becomes the most tyrannical of slave- drivers . The son of the Puritan , bred up in austere ways , is sent to Congress to stand up for truth and right , but he turns out a 66 dough - face , " and betrays ...
... freedom , goes to the South and becomes the most tyrannical of slave- drivers . The son of the Puritan , bred up in austere ways , is sent to Congress to stand up for truth and right , but he turns out a 66 dough - face , " and betrays ...
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... statesmen amongst us , men who love justice and do the right , but they seem lost in the mob of vulgar politicians and the dust of party editors . Since the nation loves freedom above all things , the 20 . POLITICAL DESTINATION.
... statesmen amongst us , men who love justice and do the right , but they seem lost in the mob of vulgar politicians and the dust of party editors . Since the nation loves freedom above all things , the 20 . POLITICAL DESTINATION.
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Сторінка 158 - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
Сторінка 413 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Сторінка 297 - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil, Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed.
Сторінка 326 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Сторінка 255 - When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar, now, See where the victor victim bleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
Сторінка 180 - Which penalty may be recovered by and for the benefit of such claimant, by action of debt, in any court proper to try the same; saving, moreover, to the person claiming such labor or service, his right of action for or on account of the said injuries, or either of them.
Сторінка 279 - Can we be said to do unto others as we would that they should do unto us if we wantonly inflict on them even the smallest pain?
Сторінка 255 - THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Сторінка 191 - We see dimly in the Present what is small and what is great, Slow of faith, how weak an arm may turn the iron helm of fate, But the soul is still oracular ; amid the market's din, List the ominous stern whisper from the Delphic cave within, — "They enslave their children's children who make compromise with sin.
Сторінка 361 - And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was -not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.