Speeches and Forensic ArgumentsPerkins & Marvin, 1830 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 42
... stand , we also look back and run along the events of the century which has now closed ? The country , which then , as we have seen , was thought deserving of a " noble name ; " which then had " mightily increased , " and become " very ...
... stand , we also look back and run along the events of the century which has now closed ? The country , which then , as we have seen , was thought deserving of a " noble name ; " which then had " mightily increased , " and become " very ...
Pagina 48
... stand against the sovereign , who was himself but the greatest baron , and his retainers . But at present , what could the richest landholder do , against one regiment of disciplined troops ? Other securities , therefore , against the ...
... stand against the sovereign , who was himself but the greatest baron , and his retainers . But at present , what could the richest landholder do , against one regiment of disciplined troops ? Other securities , therefore , against the ...
Pagina 56
... stand here , a hun- dred years hence , to trace , through us , their descent from the Pil- grims , and to survey , as we have now surveyed , the progress of their country , during the lapse of a century . We would anticipate their ...
... stand here , a hun- dred years hence , to trace , through us , their descent from the Pil- grims , and to survey , as we have now surveyed , the progress of their country , during the lapse of a century . We would anticipate their ...
Pagina 57
... stand , a point of attraction to the eyes of successive generations . But we are Americans . We live in what may be called the early age of this great continent ; and we know that our posterity , through all time , are here to suffer ...
... stand , a point of attraction to the eyes of successive generations . But we are Americans . We live in what may be called the early age of this great continent ; and we know that our posterity , through all time , are here to suffer ...
Pagina 58
... stand unmoved on the shore of Plymouth , while the sea continues to wash it ; nor will our brethren in another early and ancient colony , forget the place of its first establishment , till their river shall cease to flow by it . No ...
... stand unmoved on the shore of Plymouth , while the sea continues to wash it ; nor will our brethren in another early and ancient colony , forget the place of its first establishment , till their river shall cease to flow by it . No ...
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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?