The Rose of Sharon, Volym 1846Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo A. Tompkins and B. B. Mussey, 1846 |
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... human institutions are in their nature changeful , and must vary from age to age to minister to the highest good of the soul . Our purpose is not to weep over the graves of old customs , however time - honored , but to enquire , ' Is ...
... human institutions are in their nature changeful , and must vary from age to age to minister to the highest good of the soul . Our purpose is not to weep over the graves of old customs , however time - honored , but to enquire , ' Is ...
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... resist all things which conflict with their own pecuniary or selfish interest , who value government only as it enriches themselves , and to whom the vision of the ' golden age ' of humanity is but a dream of well THE PRESENT AGE . 13.
... resist all things which conflict with their own pecuniary or selfish interest , who value government only as it enriches themselves , and to whom the vision of the ' golden age ' of humanity is but a dream of well THE PRESENT AGE . 13.
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... humanity : the difference in value between the soul and the pocket . Much of the real iniquity of the present age ... human selfishness and avarice , is the ori- gin . And whence that mass of falsehood which has made our political ...
... humanity : the difference in value between the soul and the pocket . Much of the real iniquity of the present age ... human selfishness and avarice , is the ori- gin . And whence that mass of falsehood which has made our political ...
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... humanity , yet in despondency , we have respect . Happy should we be , could we cheer their gloomy labors with a sunbeam ... human cupidity exists will all good things be perverted . The first fruits of many a noble tree disappoint the ...
... humanity , yet in despondency , we have respect . Happy should we be , could we cheer their gloomy labors with a sunbeam ... human cupidity exists will all good things be perverted . The first fruits of many a noble tree disappoint the ...
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... human exertion must be judged by its tendency toward this great purpose . It is the mission of Literature to illustrate the beautiful and the true , to aid the soul in its longings after higher and better things . All writing that has ...
... human exertion must be judged by its tendency toward this great purpose . It is the mission of Literature to illustrate the beautiful and the true , to aid the soul in its longings after higher and better things . All writing that has ...
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Sida 226 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Sida 33 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; whoever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter.
Sida 226 - Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth, Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits.
Sida 258 - tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy...
Sida 140 - Observe good faith and justice towards 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? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Sida 184 - Yet if we could scorn Hate and pride and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then — as I am listening now.
Sida 130 - It will be the duty of the historian and the sage in all ages to let no occasion pass of commemorating this illustrious man ; and, until time shall be no more, will a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of Washington.
Sida 221 - Among the leaves so green, There flows a little gurgling brook, The brightest e'er was seen. There come the little gentle birds, Without a fear of ill, Down to the murmuring water's edge And freely drink their fill...
Sida 123 - Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth : Glad hearts, without reproach or blot; Who do thy work and know it not; Oh!
Sida 265 - As to past Experience, it can be allowed to give direct and certain information of those precise objects only, and that precise period of time, which fell under its cognizance...