Occasional AddressesTufts college Press, 1902 - 242 páginas |
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... sure we have given it in our modesty that name . But it is limited only in name . Its chartered rights and therefore its possi- bilities in the realm of intellectual culture are as broad as the boundaries of knowledge . I have already ...
... sure we have given it in our modesty that name . But it is limited only in name . Its chartered rights and therefore its possi- bilities in the realm of intellectual culture are as broad as the boundaries of knowledge . I have already ...
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... voutly pray that somehow , through the provi- dence of God , my hands may assist in placing their basal stones . Moreover , the principle , I am sure , is a just one , of bringing together in one spot as 24 OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES.
... voutly pray that somehow , through the provi- dence of God , my hands may assist in placing their basal stones . Moreover , the principle , I am sure , is a just one , of bringing together in one spot as 24 OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES.
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... sure , without almost unutterable suffering and many perils of the gravest sort , by which he was at last placed on board an American whaler , and under the Stars and Stripes , bade good - bye forever to the tyranny and woe of English ...
... sure , without almost unutterable suffering and many perils of the gravest sort , by which he was at last placed on board an American whaler , and under the Stars and Stripes , bade good - bye forever to the tyranny and woe of English ...
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... preceded him to these shores . But the resemblance was scarcely more than superficial . To be sure , he was Irish , and had in large measure all the peculiar traits by which his race is distin- guished 52 OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES.
... preceded him to these shores . But the resemblance was scarcely more than superficial . To be sure , he was Irish , and had in large measure all the peculiar traits by which his race is distin- guished 52 OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES.
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... and could , when occasion required , rise with the sure , firm flight of an eagle into the empyrean of poetic vision . With such many - sided gifts it was inevi- table that he should be a subject of curiosity and ORATION 61.
... and could , when occasion required , rise with the sure , firm flight of an eagle into the empyrean of poetic vision . With such many - sided gifts it was inevi- table that he should be a subject of curiosity and ORATION 61.
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Página 12 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Página 171 - In all its history it has been beneficent; it has trodden down no man's liberty ; it has crushed no State. Its daily respiration is liberty and patriotism ; its yet youthful veins are full of enterprise, courage, and honorable love of glory and renown. Large before, the country has now, by recent events, become vastly larger. This Republic now extends, with a vast breadth across the whole continent. The two great seas of the world wash the one and the other shore. We realize, on a mighty scale, the...
Página 167 - The American struggles against the obstacles that Nature opposes to him; the adversaries of the Russian are men. The former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter, civilization with all its arms.
Página 128 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; * See Note 18.
Página 8 - I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Página 167 - There are at the present time, two great nations in the world which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points; I allude to the Russians and the Americans.
Página 205 - As necessity was a taskmaster over them, so they were forced to be such, not only to their servants but in a...
Página 167 - ... their existence and their greatness at almost the same time. All other nations seem to have nearly reached their natural limits, and only to be charged with the maintenance of their power; but these are still in the act of growth...
Página 207 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them...
Página 233 - But as for you, ye thought evil against me ; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.