Speeches and Forensic ArgumentsPerkins & Marvin, 1830 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 46
... hands or few ; and it is on the rights of property , that both despotism and unrestrained popular violence ordinarily commence their attacks . Our ancestors began their system of government here , under a con- dition of comparative ...
... hands or few ; and it is on the rights of property , that both despotism and unrestrained popular violence ordinarily commence their attacks . Our ancestors began their system of government here , under a con- dition of comparative ...
Pagina 48
... hands of the few , by which they can control the many . In this country we have actually existing systems of government , in the maintenance of which , it should seem , a great majority , both in numbers and in other means of power and ...
... hands of the few , by which they can control the many . In this country we have actually existing systems of government , in the maintenance of which , it should seem , a great majority , both in numbers and in other means of power and ...
Pagina 62
... hands which have been so often extended to give succour in adversity , or grasped in the exultation of victory ; then look abroad into this lovely land , which your young valor defended , and mark the happiness with which it is filled ...
... hands which have been so often extended to give succour in adversity , or grasped in the exultation of victory ; then look abroad into this lovely land , which your young valor defended , and mark the happiness with which it is filled ...
Pagina 67
... hands that hold them , in the same manner they were obtained ; although ordinary and vulgar power may , in human affairs , be lost as it has been won ; yet it is the glorious prerogative of the empire of knowledge , that what it gains ...
... hands that hold them , in the same manner they were obtained ; although ordinary and vulgar power may , in human affairs , be lost as it has been won ; yet it is the glorious prerogative of the empire of knowledge , that what it gains ...
Pagina 70
... hands . Let us apply ourselves to that which is presented to us , as our appropriate object . We can win no laurels in a war for Independence . Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all . Nor are there places for us by the side ...
... hands . Let us apply ourselves to that which is presented to us , as our appropriate object . We can win no laurels in a war for Independence . Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all . Nor are there places for us by the side ...
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Pagina 80 - ... Resolved, That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Pagina 84 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object, — this, this is eloquence; or rather, it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Pagina 87 - 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.
Pagina 425 - I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing...
Pagina 425 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious union ; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood...
Pagina 452 - It must be confessed, it will be confessed ; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession.
Pagina 452 - Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.
Pagina 59 - We wish that this column, rising towards heaven among the pointed spires of so many temples dedicated to God, may contribute also to produce, in all minds, a pious feeling of dependence and gratitude. We wish, finally, that the last object...
Pagina 425 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind.
Pagina 85 - Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why, then, should we defer the Declaration ? Is any man so weak as now to hope for a reconciliation with England, which shall leave either safety to the country and its liberties, or safety to his own life and his own honor?