Speeches, Lectures, and LettersLothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, 1891 - 562 páginas |
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... tion , skill in applying truth to present needs , and , above all , the union of the highest gifts of eloquence with lightness of touch , a conversational reality of tone , and language level to the understanding of every hearer . Such ...
... tion , skill in applying truth to present needs , and , above all , the union of the highest gifts of eloquence with lightness of touch , a conversational reality of tone , and language level to the understanding of every hearer . Such ...
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... tion clinging to political power , wealth to the means of further gain , that we have sometimes feared they would be able to put off emancipation till the charter of the slaves ' freedom would be sealed with blood , 10 LETTER TO GEORGE ...
... tion clinging to political power , wealth to the means of further gain , that we have sometimes feared they would be able to put off emancipation till the charter of the slaves ' freedom would be sealed with blood , 10 LETTER TO GEORGE ...
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... tion would be safe , that it would be just ; and having proved that , that it would , in such a liberty - loving coun- try , at once be cordially and willingly acceded to in every State from Maine to Georgia ; but at the end of the long ...
... tion would be safe , that it would be just ; and having proved that , that it would , in such a liberty - loving coun- try , at once be cordially and willingly acceded to in every State from Maine to Georgia ; but at the end of the long ...
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... tion ; and if the slave rises to get his liberty , she will , as Edward Everett once offered , “ buckle on her knap- sack " to put him down . It is not for her now to turn round and treat him like a foreigner in whose wrong or welfare ...
... tion ; and if the slave rises to get his liberty , she will , as Edward Everett once offered , “ buckle on her knap- sack " to put him down . It is not for her now to turn round and treat him like a foreigner in whose wrong or welfare ...
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... tion against slavery shall put down the Union , or the Union be preserved , and that agitation be put down . There is no other alternative . " What does he mean by " agitation " ? He means meetings like this , of men and women gathered ...
... tion against slavery shall put down the Union , or the Union be preserved , and that agitation be put down . There is no other alternative . " What does he mean by " agitation " ? He means meetings like this , of men and women gathered ...
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Página 362 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Página 321 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins...
Página 235 - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Página 358 - For Humanity sweeps onward: where today the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands ; Far in front the cross stands ready and • the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn.
Página 461 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Página 249 - The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream : and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words, every one from his neighbour.
Página 343 - Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne, — Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Página 9 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Página 206 - I charge you before God, and his blessed angels, that you follow me no farther than you have seen me follow the Lord Jesus Christ. If God reveal any thing to you by any other instrument of his, be as ready to receive it, as ever you were to receive any truth by my ministry ; for I am verily persuaded, I am very confident, the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of his holy word.
Página 412 - He sunned me with his ripening looks, And Heaven's rich instincts in me grew, As effortless as woodland nooks Send violets up and paint them blue.