The Life, Speeches and Public Services of Gen. James A. Garfield of Ohio |
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... saying , “ Poor Jimmy ' s father is dead , ” you will have a sincere yearning for
their friendship , as you hear how the hardy plowmen came from many miles
away , and with tears coursing their rough cheeks , offered consolation and help .
... saying , “ Poor Jimmy ' s father is dead , ” you will have a sincere yearning for
their friendship , as you hear how the hardy plowmen came from many miles
away , and with tears coursing their rough cheeks , offered consolation and help .
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Yearning for adventure ! Wishing to visit the strange lands of which the story
books had told ! In this restless mood , he determined to find some way in which
to secure a place as a sailor on some Atlantic ship . But the offer of a job of
chopping ...
Yearning for adventure ! Wishing to visit the strange lands of which the story
books had told ! In this restless mood , he determined to find some way in which
to secure a place as a sailor on some Atlantic ship . But the offer of a job of
chopping ...
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Near the end of his term of three months , he was offered a position as steersman
with an advance of wages . He had often been called upon to relieve the
steersman , and his judgment was so mature , and his skill so apparent , that the
...
Near the end of his term of three months , he was offered a position as steersman
with an advance of wages . He had often been called upon to relieve the
steersman , and his judgment was so mature , and his skill so apparent , that the
...
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But no offer , however large , and no place however high , could induce him to
rest satisfied with anything less than the highest educational culture . Living upon
the simplest farmer ' s fare , and sleeping in the humblest and plainest of the ...
But no offer , however large , and no place however high , could induce him to
rest satisfied with anything less than the highest educational culture . Living upon
the simplest farmer ' s fare , and sleeping in the humblest and plainest of the ...
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He offered the use of the hall and ample time to any person who dared to
undertake the task . . At once , the listeners who adhered to the Bible thought of
Mr . Garsield . They had heard him preach at Chagrin Falls and in the
surrounding ...
He offered the use of the hall and ample time to any person who dared to
undertake the task . . At once , the listeners who adhered to the Bible thought of
Mr . Garsield . They had heard him preach at Chagrin Falls and in the
surrounding ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 214 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Página 226 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Página 218 - Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne ; And moving up from high to higher, Becomes on Fortune's crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The centre of a world's desire...
Página 228 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause; and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 226 - I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
Página 219 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Página 329 - ... upon the party in power. Without such restraint party rule becomes tyrannical and corrupt. The prosperity which is made possible in the South, by its great advantages of soil and climate, will never be realized until every voter can freely and safely support any party he pleases. Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither justice nor freedom can be permanently maintained.
Página 228 - What I do about Slavery and the Colored Race, I do because I believe it helps to save...
Página 326 - Republican firesides, where the thoughtful fathers, with wives and children about them, with the calm thoughts inspired by love of home and...
Página 227 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Life, Speeches and Public Services of Gen. James A. Garfield of Ohio |
| Autor | Russell H. Conwell |
| Colaborador | Mark Hopkins |
| Editor | B. B. Russell & Company, 1880 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 23 Jul. 2007 |
| Largo | 356 páginas |
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