Library of Southern Literature: BiographyEdwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris Martin & Hoyt Company, 1910 - American literature |
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Page 5633
... tion , and the establishment of a new country . Westmoreland County itself was famous then and more famous in later days , for the re- markable breed of men it produced , among others the Washingtons , the Monroes and the Lees . The ...
... tion , and the establishment of a new country . Westmoreland County itself was famous then and more famous in later days , for the re- markable breed of men it produced , among others the Washingtons , the Monroes and the Lees . The ...
Page 5644
... tion of readiness at all times to assist me in the discharge of the duties of my station . They are so complicated and ex- tended , that I shall need the assistance of every good man , and lover of his country . I therefore repose the ...
... tion of readiness at all times to assist me in the discharge of the duties of my station . They are so complicated and ex- tended , that I shall need the assistance of every good man , and lover of his country . I therefore repose the ...
Page 5649
... tion , and merit the applause of my countrymen , and every virtuous citizen . Your acknowledgment of my attention to the civil con- stitution of this colony , whilst acting in the line of my depart- ment , also demands my grateful ...
... tion , and merit the applause of my countrymen , and every virtuous citizen . Your acknowledgment of my attention to the civil con- stitution of this colony , whilst acting in the line of my depart- ment , also demands my grateful ...
Page 5673
... tion ; when we may choose peace or war , as our interest guided by our justice shall counsel . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why , by interweaving our destiny with ...
... tion ; when we may choose peace or war , as our interest guided by our justice shall counsel . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why , by interweaving our destiny with ...
Page 5674
... tion , rivalship , interest , humour , or caprice ? ' Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances , with any portion of the foreign world ; for let me not be un- derstood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing en ...
... tion , rivalship , interest , humour , or caprice ? ' Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances , with any portion of the foreign world ; for let me not be un- derstood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing en ...
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Page 5719 - Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw; And, as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue Pants to the place from whence at first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return - and die at home at last.
Page 5670 - Tis substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. — The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of Free Government. — Who that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? — [Promote then as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
Page 5674 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far I mean as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
Page 5672 - Sympathy for the favorite nation facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter, without adequate inducement or justification. It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation...
Page 5675 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 5963 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 5669 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Page 5803 - Yet, as if grieving to efface All vestige of the human race, On that lone shore loud moans the...
Page 5718 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 5966 - Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in Thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh the truth in his heart.