Occasional AddressesTufts college Press, 1902 - 242 páginas |
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... turn a deaf ear to whatever has the appearance merely of a popular clamor , to hold with a tenacious grasp whatever the experience of ages has approved , and to enter the portals of the future by those ancient and established ways over ...
... turn a deaf ear to whatever has the appearance merely of a popular clamor , to hold with a tenacious grasp whatever the experience of ages has approved , and to enter the portals of the future by those ancient and established ways over ...
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... On whichever side the eye turns , it commands a fairer prospect than that which inflamed the heart of Lot when he beheld all the plain of Jordan fertile and well watered everywhere . It is in close con- tact 28 OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES.
... On whichever side the eye turns , it commands a fairer prospect than that which inflamed the heart of Lot when he beheld all the plain of Jordan fertile and well watered everywhere . It is in close con- tact 28 OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES.
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... and peace . I enter upon my work with the greater confi- dence , because I am assured , at the outset of it , of the cordial welcome and co - operation of the faculty and undergraduates ; and because I can turn INAUGURAL ADDRESS 35.
... and peace . I enter upon my work with the greater confi- dence , because I am assured , at the outset of it , of the cordial welcome and co - operation of the faculty and undergraduates ; and because I can turn INAUGURAL ADDRESS 35.
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Elmer Hewitt Capen. the faculty and undergraduates ; and because I can turn in every time of need to the honor- able and reverend trustees in the confidence of a generous and hearty support . We shall all of us , however , require the ...
Elmer Hewitt Capen. the faculty and undergraduates ; and because I can turn in every time of need to the honor- able and reverend trustees in the confidence of a generous and hearty support . We shall all of us , however , require the ...
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... turn came with the rest and it is needless to say that he took it as a brave man should , in the spirit of the great Irish patriots who had served as his models of heroism . He knew when his hour was at hand , but he never sought to ...
... turn came with the rest and it is needless to say that he took it as a brave man should , in the spirit of the great Irish patriots who had served as his models of heroism . He knew when his hour was at hand , but he never sought to ...
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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.