An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill MonumentCummings, Hilliard, and Company, 1825 - 40 من الصفحات |
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... called the early age of this great continent ; and we know that our pos- terity , through all time , are here to suffer and enjoy the allotments of humanity . We see be- fore us a probable train of great events ; we know that our own ...
... called the early age of this great continent ; and we know that our pos- terity , through all time , are here to suffer and enjoy the allotments of humanity . We see be- fore us a probable train of great events ; we know that our own ...
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... called them . " ? to it , and they did not withhold themselves frombad the perilous trial . The ordinary occupations of : life were abandoned ; the plough was staid in the unfinished furrow ; wives gave up their husbands , and mothers ...
... called them . " ? to it , and they did not withhold themselves frombad the perilous trial . The ordinary occupations of : life were abandoned ; the plough was staid in the unfinished furrow ; wives gave up their husbands , and mothers ...
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... called to make our exit , we will die free men . " The 17th of June saw the four New England colonies standing here , side by side , to triumph or to fall together , and there was with them from that moment to the end of the war , what ...
... called to make our exit , we will die free men . " The 17th of June saw the four New England colonies standing here , side by side , to triumph or to fall together , and there was with them from that moment to the end of the war , what ...
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... called them- selves the Continent . Borne down by colonial subjugation , monopoly , and bigotry , these // vast regions of the South were hardly visible above the horizon . But in our day there hath been , as it were , a new creation ...
... called them- selves the Continent . Borne down by colonial subjugation , monopoly , and bigotry , these // vast regions of the South were hardly visible above the horizon . But in our day there hath been , as it were , a new creation ...
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... be enlarged to the circle of our duties . Let us extend our ideas over the whole of the vast field in which we are called to act . Let our ob- ject be , OUR COUNTRY , OUR WHOLE COUNTRY , AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY . And , by the 39.
... be enlarged to the circle of our duties . Let us extend our ideas over the whole of the vast field in which we are called to act . Let our ob- ject be , OUR COUNTRY , OUR WHOLE COUNTRY , AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY . And , by the 39.
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الصفحة 26 - ... of sentiment and feeling runs through two continents, and vibrates over both. Every breeze wafts intelligence from country to country; every wave rolls it; all give it forth, and all in turn receive it. There is a vast commerce of ideas; there are marts and exchanges for intellectual discoveries, and a wonderful fellowship of those individual intelligences which make up the mind and opinion of the age. Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are...
الصفحة 15 - But the scene amidst which we stand does not permit us to confine our thoughts or our sympathies to those fearless spirits, who hazarded or lost their lives on this consecrated spot. We have the happiness to rejoice here in the presence of a most worthy representation of the survivors of the whole revolutionary army.
الصفحة 21 - Blandishments," said that distinguished son of genius and patriotism, " will not fascinate us, nor will threats of a halter intimidate; for, under God, we are determined, that wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever we shall be called to make our exit, we will die free men.
الصفحة 39 - The great trust now descends to new hands. Let us apply ourselves to that which is presented to us, as our appropriate object. We can win no laurels in a war for independence. Earlier and worthier hands have gathered them all. Nor are there places for us by the side of Solon, and Alfred, and other founders of states.
الصفحة 3 - THIS uncounted multitude before me, and around me, proves the feeling which the occasion has excited. These thousands of human faces, glowing with sympathy and joy, and, from the impulses of a common gratitude, turned reverently to heaven, in this spacious temple of the firmament, proclaim that the day, the place, and the purpose of our assembling have made a deep impression on our hearts.
الصفحة 20 - War, on their own soil and at their own doors, was, indeed, a strange work to the yeomanry of New England; but their consciences were convinced of its necessity, their country called them to it, and they did not withhold themselves from the perilous trial. The ordinary occupations of life were abandoned; the...
الصفحة 9 - ... be dear to us and our posterity. We wish, that whosoever, in all coming time, shall turn his eye hither, may behold that the place is not undistinguished, where the first great battle of the Revolution was fought. We wish, that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event, to every class and every age. We wish, that infancy may learn the purpose of its erection from maternal lips, and that weary and withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which...
الصفحة 16 - But your agitated countenances and your heaving breasts inform me that even this is not an unmixed joy. I perceive that a tumult of contending feelings rushes upon you. The images of the dead, as well as the persons of the living, throng to your embraces. The scene overwhelms you, and I turn from it.
الصفحة 38 - These are excitements to duty; but they are not suggestions of doubt . Our history and our condition, all that is gone before us, and all that surrounds us, authorize the belief, that popular governments, though subject to occasional variations...
الصفحة 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...