A Discourse Pronounced at the Capitol of the United States: In the Hall of Representatives, Before the American Historical Society, January 30, 1836P. Thompson, 1836 - 58 páginas |
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... furnish food for the imagination and the judgment , in the application of historic principles ; and the power to deduce just conclusions from these is one of the highest attributes of the human intellect . It is the combination of ...
... furnish food for the imagination and the judgment , in the application of historic principles ; and the power to deduce just conclusions from these is one of the highest attributes of the human intellect . It is the combination of ...
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... furnish the true key to unlock the recesses of the heart . Hence the importance of rigid investigation , and of extensive collections , where accounts can be collated and corrected . We have in our own history several remarkable ...
... furnish the true key to unlock the recesses of the heart . Hence the importance of rigid investigation , and of extensive collections , where accounts can be collated and corrected . We have in our own history several remarkable ...
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... furnished , for centu- ries , not the outline only , but all the details of early pro- fane history ; and kindred authors , who wrote later , but still with the same credulity , were received as unerring guides in exploring the mazes of ...
... furnished , for centu- ries , not the outline only , but all the details of early pro- fane history ; and kindred authors , who wrote later , but still with the same credulity , were received as unerring guides in exploring the mazes of ...
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... furnished the object of their search , I cannot bring myself to believe . There is little verisimilitude in all this . The moral habits of the aboriginal inhabitants cannot deceive us . They are as unchangeable as the Arabs . Their mode ...
... furnished the object of their search , I cannot bring myself to believe . There is little verisimilitude in all this . The moral habits of the aboriginal inhabitants cannot deceive us . They are as unchangeable as the Arabs . Their mode ...
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... furnish for posterity the most abundant and authentic materials for history ; or rather they will be history itself — a history of the thoughts , words , and actions of —a history of national intercourse , of the state of society , of ...
... furnish for posterity the most abundant and authentic materials for history ; or rather they will be history itself — a history of the thoughts , words , and actions of —a history of national intercourse , of the state of society , of ...
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Página 41 - A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Página 35 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 17 - Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature.
Página 18 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day...
Página 35 - Having undertaken for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith...
Página 5 - Society shall be to discover, procure, and preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of the United States in general, and of this State in particular.
Página 28 - We were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Página 35 - ... undertaken, to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, for the Glory of God, and the Advancement of the Christian Faith".
Página 40 - Virginia, describing the frenzy of the moment, says, " there was no thought, no discourse, no hope and no work, but to dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, and load gold.
Página 5 - Nominations of Corresponding Members may be made by the members of the Society ; but no member shall nominate more than one candidate at the same meeting ; and all nominations shall be made at a meeting previous to that at which the ballot is to be taken.