Selections from American Orations: An Historical Reader for SchoolsHorace Leslie Brittain American book Company, 1911 - 266 Seiten |
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... give sufficient instruction as to what our ancestors did and thought , but give a very inadequate idea of what they felt . This is one reason why so many school histories are uninteresting to the children . Interest is at bottom not a ...
... give sufficient instruction as to what our ancestors did and thought , but give a very inadequate idea of what they felt . This is one reason why so many school histories are uninteresting to the children . Interest is at bottom not a ...
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... Give me Liberty or give me Death To the Government of George III . American Independence On the Federal Constitution On the Federal Constitution First Inaugural Address Farewell Address What is Patriotism ? Democratic Government ...
... Give me Liberty or give me Death To the Government of George III . American Independence On the Federal Constitution On the Federal Constitution First Inaugural Address Farewell Address What is Patriotism ? Democratic Government ...
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... give a very sufficient answer . I renounced that office , and I argue this cause from the same principle ; and I argue it with the greater pleasure , as it is in favor of British liberty , at a time when we hear the greatest monarch ...
... give a very sufficient answer . I renounced that office , and I argue this cause from the same principle ; and I argue it with the greater pleasure , as it is in favor of British liberty , at a time when we hear the greatest monarch ...
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... GIVE I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry , and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked , and he clothed him not . During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle ...
... GIVE I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry , and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked , and he clothed him not . During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle ...
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... GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH1 PATRICK HENRY ( 1775 ) PATRICK HENRY ( 1736-1799 ) , statesman , was born in Virginia . His early education was received from his father . At eighteen years of age he established a country store , which ...
... GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH1 PATRICK HENRY ( 1775 ) PATRICK HENRY ( 1736-1799 ) , statesman , was born in Virginia . His early education was received from his father . At eighteen years of age he established a country store , which ...
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Seite 22 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Seite 22 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary; but when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house ! Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?
Seite 20 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Seite 40 - Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand, neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing...
Seite 40 - ... exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue ? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices ? " " The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign...
Seite 75 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Seite 84 - I profess, sir, in my career, hitherto, to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our Federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Seite 23 - Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field. Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death...
Seite 40 - Observe good faith and justice toward all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct, and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it...
Seite 226 - In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.