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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... remains , and will continue to the latest pos- terity — at that period , I still find myself as obscure , as unknown to the world , as the most indolent , or the most stupid of human beings . In the walks of active life I have done ...
... remains , and will continue to the latest pos- terity — at that period , I still find myself as obscure , as unknown to the world , as the most indolent , or the most stupid of human beings . In the walks of active life I have done ...
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... remains no doubt in my nind , that he will prove himself to be the ablest of all our diplo- matic corps . If he was now to be brought into that line , or into any other public walk , I could not , upon the principle which has regulated ...
... remains no doubt in my nind , that he will prove himself to be the ablest of all our diplo- matic corps . If he was now to be brought into that line , or into any other public walk , I could not , upon the principle which has regulated ...
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... remains one effort of magnanimity , one sacrifice of prejudice and passion , to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have heretofore followed the standards of political party . It is that of discarding every remnant of ...
... remains one effort of magnanimity , one sacrifice of prejudice and passion , to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have heretofore followed the standards of political party . It is that of discarding every remnant of ...
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... remains of one who filled so high a place in the history of his country and the regard of his fellow - citizens . On the 2d of August , Mr. Webster delivered a eulogy on the death of Adams and Jefferson , before the city authorities of ...
... remains of one who filled so high a place in the history of his country and the regard of his fellow - citizens . On the 2d of August , Mr. Webster delivered a eulogy on the death of Adams and Jefferson , before the city authorities of ...
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... remains ; for with American liberty it rose , and with American liberty only can it perish . It was the last swelling peal of yonder choir ' THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE , BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE ! ' I catch that solemn song ...
... remains ; for with American liberty it rose , and with American liberty only can it perish . It was the last swelling peal of yonder choir ' THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE , BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE ! ' I catch that solemn song ...
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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.