Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States: With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New YorkC.M. Saxton, Barker & Company, 1860 - 404 páginas |
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... ment . John Adams was chairman of the committee that prepared these instructions , and his associates were Richard Dana and Joseph Warren , the same dis- tinguished patriot who gave up his life as one of the earliest sacrifices to ...
... ment . John Adams was chairman of the committee that prepared these instructions , and his associates were Richard Dana and Joseph Warren , the same dis- tinguished patriot who gave up his life as one of the earliest sacrifices to ...
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... ment , afforded during a century and a half of enjoy- ment of a large share of political privileges , granted by the mother country . They were thus prepared to lay deep and strong the foundations of an enlightened gov- ernment , which ...
... ment , afforded during a century and a half of enjoy- ment of a large share of political privileges , granted by the mother country . They were thus prepared to lay deep and strong the foundations of an enlightened gov- ernment , which ...
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... ment , and society itself , would be utterly and speedily swept away , unless the revolutionary movement was arrested . Cherishing these apprehensions , they were disposed to favor the views of Great Britain and other European powers ...
... ment , and society itself , would be utterly and speedily swept away , unless the revolutionary movement was arrested . Cherishing these apprehensions , they were disposed to favor the views of Great Britain and other European powers ...
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... ment the father or the mother , or to censure any others , I give it as my decided opinion , that Mr. Adams is the most valuable public character we have abroad ; and that there remains no doubt in my nind , that he will prove himself ...
... ment the father or the mother , or to censure any others , I give it as my decided opinion , that Mr. Adams is the most valuable public character we have abroad ; and that there remains no doubt in my nind , that he will prove himself ...
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... every hand , the youthful ambassa- dor was compelled to come into collision with the vet- eran and wily politicians of the old world . How well he maintained the dignity and honor of his govern- ment LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS . 73.
... every hand , the youthful ambassa- dor was compelled to come into collision with the vet- eran and wily politicians of the old world . How well he maintained the dignity and honor of his govern- ment LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS . 73.
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Página 204 - t ? Love thyself last : cherish those hearts that hate thee. Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's: then, if thou fall's*, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr.
Página 250 - And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel...
Página 43 - I was the last to conform to the separation ; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States, as an independent power. The moment I see such sentiments and language as yours prevail, and a disposition to give this country the preference, that moment I shall say, let the circumstances of language, religion, and blood, have their natural and full effect.
Página 29 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not, I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.
Página 43 - I wish you Sir, to believe, and that it may be understood in America, that I have done nothing in the late Contest, but what I thought myself indispensably bound to do, by the Duty which I owed to my People. I will be very frank with you. I was the last to...
Página 281 - William Slade, of Vermont, joined to the presentation of some abolitionist petitions the motion that they should be referred to an extraordinary committee, with instructions to bring in a bill for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Página 198 - ... with America, and in America, a new era commences in human affairs. This era is distinguished by free representative governments, by entire religious liberty, by improved systems of national intercourse, by a newly awakened and an unconquerable spirit of free inquiry, and by a diffusion of knowledge through the community, such as has been before altogether unknown and unheard of.
Página 28 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.
Página 68 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Página 361 - The die is now cast, I have passed the Rubicon; sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination.