American Patriotic Prose, with Notes and BiographiesAugustus White Long D.C. Heath & Company, 1917 - 389 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
Abraham Lincoln American arms army battle believe blood brave Britain called cause Charles citizens civil colonies command common Congress Constitution courage coureur de bois danger Daniel Webster death Declaration of Independence defeat democracy duty Elihu Root enemy England eyes fight flag force foreign fought France freedom French friends gallant George Sutherland George Washington give glorious glory hand happiness heart Henry honor hope human Indians influence interest Jefferson John Adams John Lothrop Motley justice land laws liberty lives means memory ment mind nation never North O'Rorke officers Oliver Wendell Holmes party passion patriotism peace pioneer political Powhatan President principles Ralph Waldo Emerson Republic Revolution sentiment settlers slavery soldiers South Carolina spirit Theodore Roosevelt things Thomas Paine thought tion Ulster Scots Union United Valley Virginia Walt Whitman Wendell Holmes West Point Woodrow Wilson
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Página 149 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Página 122 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Página 25 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Página 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...
Página 53 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Página 96 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 94 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual 'hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against another, disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence, frequent collisions,...
Página 20 - It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Página 22 - 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!
Página 95 - The nation prompted by ill-will and resentment sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject ; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of nations has been the victim.