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... true and noble that his distin- guished classmate , the Honorable E. J. Phelps , president of the Webster Historical Society , asked him to prepare a life of the great statesman . In February , 1882 , Mr. Phelps wrote : " Do not forget ...
... true and noble that his distin- guished classmate , the Honorable E. J. Phelps , president of the Webster Historical Society , asked him to prepare a life of the great statesman . In February , 1882 , Mr. Phelps wrote : " Do not forget ...
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... true , and hence he was a delightful friend and implacable enemy . He was brilliant in conversation , quick in repartee , pungent in satire , of delicate irony , of shy and gentle humor , merry within the limits of becoming mirth . He ...
... true , and hence he was a delightful friend and implacable enemy . He was brilliant in conversation , quick in repartee , pungent in satire , of delicate irony , of shy and gentle humor , merry within the limits of becoming mirth . He ...
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... true , do more than gain an honest living ; but this is the best thing that any man does ; as , on the other hand , shining intellectually is the poorest thing that any man does , or can possibly learn 20 to do . Then too most of the ...
... true , do more than gain an honest living ; but this is the best thing that any man does ; as , on the other hand , shining intellectually is the poorest thing that any man does , or can possibly learn 20 to do . Then too most of the ...
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... true in all the walks of life , - holds as true of the lawyer , the physician , the merchant , as of the shoemaker , the brick- layer , the machinist , the blacksmith . 15 - On this point , our people generally , at least a very large ...
... true in all the walks of life , - holds as true of the lawyer , the physician , the merchant , as of the shoemaker , the brick- layer , the machinist , the blacksmith . 15 - On this point , our people generally , at least a very large ...
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... true and solid service , he is a gentleman in the only sense in which it is not both a sin and a shame to be called by 10 that title . Any form of honest service , however plain and humble , has manliness in it , and is therefore a ...
... true and solid service , he is a gentleman in the only sense in which it is not both a sin and a shame to be called by 10 that title . Any form of honest service , however plain and humble , has manliness in it , and is therefore a ...
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Page 131 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 137 - He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity...
Page 182 - Yet was there one thro' whom I loved her, one Not learned, save in gracious household ways, Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants, No angel, but a dearer being, all dipt In angel instincts, breathing Paradise...
Page 43 - I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This, of all virtues and dignities of the mind, is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Page 108 - I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand, As if a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.
Page 75 - Joyous as morning Thou art laughing and scorning; Thou hast a nest for thy love and thy rest, And, though little troubled with sloth, Drunken Lark! thou would'st be loth To be such a traveller as I. Happy, happy Liver, With a soul as strong as a mountain river Pouring out praise to the Almighty Giver, Joy and jollity be with us both!
Page 98 - ... idle, unwholesome, and (as I may term them) vermiculate questions, which have indeed a kind of quickness and life of spirit, but no soundness of matter or goodness of quality.
Page 146 - I shall know but one country. The ends I aim at shall be my Country's, my God's, and Truth's. I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American; and I intend to perform the duties incumbent upon me in that character to the end of my career.
Page 146 - I mean to stand upon the Constitution. I need no other platform. I shall know but one country. The ends I aim at shall be my country's, my God's, and Truth's.
Page 166 - I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original luster, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing...