The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volumen60,Tema 1

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1862

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Página 17 - But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Página 13 - Let' them touch each other's hands, in a fresh wreathing Of their tender human youth! Let them feel that this cold metallic motion Is not all the life God fashions or reveals: Let them prove their living souls against the notion That they live in you, or under you, O wheels! Still, all day, the iron wheels go onward, Grinding life down from its mark; And the children's souls, which God is calling sunward, Spin on blindly in the dark.
Página 17 - Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way, But to work that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day.
Página 7 - ... of a tropical vegetation, exhibited, even in their prime, the sure symptoms of decay. It would seem to have been especially ordered by Providence that the discovery of the two great divisions of the American hemisphere should fall to the two races best fitted to conquer and colonise them.
Página 11 - Spaniards neither could nor would furnish them with an adequate supply, they invited the assistance of other nations. To this call the other nations were not slow to listen; and, in process of time, there was established one of the most extraordinary systems of organized smuggling which the world ever saw. This was known under the name of...
Página 17 - I may be acquitted of any desire to ridicule a fine poem which has . had, and is still having its practical uses, when I say, that the youth in " Excelsior," whose object was to climb to the summit of St. Bernard, or achieve the...
Página 7 - ... exhibited, even in their prime, the sure symptoms of decay. It would seem to have been especially ordered by Providence that the discovery of the two great divisions of the American hemisphere should fall to the two races best fitted to conquer and colonize them. Thus, the northern section was consigned to the Anglo-Saxon race, whose orderly, industrious habits found an ample field for development under its colder skies and on its more rugged soil; while the southern portion, with its rich tropical...

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