Life of Walter Harriman: With Selections from His Speeches and WritingsHoughton, Mifflin, 1888 - 385 páginas |
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... human heart is never at rest , and the cat's is not of a higher or nobler order . " Perhaps neither man nor beast does plunge headlong into crime ; but how much crime may have been committed in secret , escaping detection , no one can ...
... human heart is never at rest , and the cat's is not of a higher or nobler order . " Perhaps neither man nor beast does plunge headlong into crime ; but how much crime may have been committed in secret , escaping detection , no one can ...
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... human nature ; there was no cynicism in him . He enjoyed the " plain , unvarnished " talk of the " country folk , " with its not infrequent store of wit or wis- dom , while his retentive memory kept the material derived therefrom to be ...
... human nature ; there was no cynicism in him . He enjoyed the " plain , unvarnished " talk of the " country folk , " with its not infrequent store of wit or wis- dom , while his retentive memory kept the material derived therefrom to be ...
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... human life is inconsistent with the moral cure of the criminal . It tends to degrade the gen- eral estimate of human life , and to pander to the vicious passions of the race . Will you appeal to the law of Moses ? The gentleman from ...
... human life is inconsistent with the moral cure of the criminal . It tends to degrade the gen- eral estimate of human life , and to pander to the vicious passions of the race . Will you appeal to the law of Moses ? The gentleman from ...
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... human pair ; of the moral death that followed ; of the murder of Abel ; of the genealogical history of the race ; of the destruction of the world by the flood ; of the vast and countless events of that marvelous period of thousands of ...
... human pair ; of the moral death that followed ; of the murder of Abel ; of the genealogical history of the race ; of the destruction of the world by the flood ; of the vast and countless events of that marvelous period of thousands of ...
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... human understanding except on the ground of their guilt . For human judgment is fallible , and hence the great and good Lafayette declared that he " would never cease to plead for the abolition of the death penalty until the ...
... human understanding except on the ground of their guilt . For human judgment is fallible , and hence the great and good Lafayette declared that he " would never cease to plead for the abolition of the death penalty until the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson applause arms army arrived battle battle of Fredericksburg believe Boston brigade camp campaign candidate capital punishment cause CHAPTER cheerful Colonel Harriman command Concord Congress Convention Corps death Democratic party duty election Eleventh New Hampshire Eleventh regiment eloquent enemy faith February February 28 field fight fire flag Fredericksburg Friday friends front Governor Harriman ground hand heart held hills honor Hopkinton hour House hundred interest John John Harriman June labor land legislature living Manchester March ment miles morning nation never night Ninth nomination o'clock officers Orange Court House orators passed patriotic peace platform political President prison railroad rebel rebellion Republican party sentiment Sinclair slavery soldier South speaker speech stand stood thousand Thursday tion to-day took town treason Union Union army victory vote Walter Harriman Warner words
Pasajes populares
Página 115 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Página 323 - WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE?' An Ode in Imitation of Alctnts WHAT constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride: Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high-minded men...
Página 370 - I do not ask, O Lord, that thou shouldst shed Full radiance here ; Give but a ray of peace that I may tread Without a fear. I do not ask my cross to understand, My way to see ; Better in darkness just to feel thy hand, And follow thee. Joy is like restless day ; but peace divine Like quiet night ; Lead me O Lord — till perfect day shall shine — Through Peace to Light.
Página 310 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free.
Página 199 - I am thankful to God for this approval of the people. But while deeply grateful for this mark of their confidence in me, if I know my heart, my gratitude is free from any taint of personal triumph. I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me. It is no pleasure to me to triumph over any one...
Página 52 - I wish popularity : but it is that popularity, which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means.
Página 319 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Página 199 - But the election, along with its incidental and undesirable strife, has done good, too. It has demonstrated that a people's Government can sustain a national election in the midst of a great civil war.
Página 108 - For right is right, since God is God ; And right the day must win ; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin ! FREDERIC WILLIAM FABER.
Página 350 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.