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 Individuals |
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... truth ! THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISUNION . - H . Clay . I HAVE been accused of ambition in presenting this measure . Ambition ! inordinate ambition ! If I had thought of myself only , I should have never brought it forward . I know well the ...
... truth ! THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISUNION . - H . Clay . I HAVE been accused of ambition in presenting this measure . Ambition ! inordinate ambition ! If I had thought of myself only , I should have never brought it forward . I know well the ...
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... truth , attachment , and fidelity , and gratitude , which I have not always found in the walks of public life . Yes , I have ambition ; but it is the ambition of being the humble instrument , in the hands of Prov- idence , to reconcile ...
... truth , attachment , and fidelity , and gratitude , which I have not always found in the walks of public life . Yes , I have ambition ; but it is the ambition of being the humble instrument , in the hands of Prov- idence , to reconcile ...
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... truth ; if thou art a friend , and hast ever wronged in thought , word or deed , the spirit that generously confided in thee ; if thou art a lover , and hast ever given one unmerited pang to that true heart that now lies cold and still ...
... truth ; if thou art a friend , and hast ever wronged in thought , word or deed , the spirit that generously confided in thee ; if thou art a lover , and hast ever given one unmerited pang to that true heart that now lies cold and still ...
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... truth without the labor of investigation . Impressed in indelible characters , this legacy of his intelligence will descend , unsullied as its purity , to the wonder and instruction of succeeding generations ; and , should the mild ...
... truth without the labor of investigation . Impressed in indelible characters , this legacy of his intelligence will descend , unsullied as its purity , to the wonder and instruction of succeeding generations ; and , should the mild ...
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... are immeasurably superior in the truth , delicacy and elevation of their sentiments , above all , in the benign recognition of that great Christian revelation , the 3 * AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . 29 Sumner, C 268 Sumner, C 284 292.
... are immeasurably superior in the truth , delicacy and elevation of their sentiments , above all , in the benign recognition of that great Christian revelation , the 3 * AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . 29 Sumner, C 268 Sumner, C 284 292.
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 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...