The Life and Public Services of Justin Smith Morrill |
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... feeling : As the seasons change , all the birds of passage are apt to take wing and seek more congenial places of resort . Even men be- come migratory and run for life in large flocks to cooler or warmer latitudes : some for health ...
... feeling : As the seasons change , all the birds of passage are apt to take wing and seek more congenial places of resort . Even men be- come migratory and run for life in large flocks to cooler or warmer latitudes : some for health ...
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... feeling for the place : MY NATIVE VILLAGE My native village ! where the tall Steepled church , and round green hill , Sundays , holidays , all recall , The school - house , green , pond and the mill . " Tis a lovely spot - my birthplace ...
... feeling for the place : MY NATIVE VILLAGE My native village ! where the tall Steepled church , and round green hill , Sundays , holidays , all recall , The school - house , green , pond and the mill . " Tis a lovely spot - my birthplace ...
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... feeling " and all parties united in doing honor to the President . It was an event and the people made the most of it , but there were few newspapers in those days and the mails were carried in the most primitive way , often only on ...
... feeling " and all parties united in doing honor to the President . It was an event and the people made the most of it , but there were few newspapers in those days and the mails were carried in the most primitive way , often only on ...
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... feels he must have in- herited , for he never seems to have been without it , and , as was said of him at the end of his career , was never known " to show anger or enmity toward any person , " was never- theless of an unyielding ...
... feels he must have in- herited , for he never seems to have been without it , and , as was said of him at the end of his career , was never known " to show anger or enmity toward any person , " was never- theless of an unyielding ...
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... feeling was noted by all visitors . De Tocqueville marvels at it . The cares of politics [ he writes ] engross a prominent place in the occupations of a citizen in the United States ; and almost the only pleasure which an American knows ...
... feeling was noted by all visitors . De Tocqueville marvels at it . The cares of politics [ he writes ] engross a prominent place in the occupations of a citizen in the United States ; and almost the only pleasure which an American knows ...
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Popular passages
Page 35 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 141 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 80 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy, and slavery.
Page 19 - The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 141 - ... restores him to health — on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride : at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 271 - It is proposed to establish at least one college in every state, upon a sure and perpetual foundation, accessible to all, but especially to the sons of toil, where all the needful sciences for the practical avocations of life shall be taught; where neither the higher graces of classical studies, nor the military drill our country now so greatly appreciates, will be entirely ignored...
Page 36 - But if an American were condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence; he would feel an immense void in the life which he is accustomed to lead, and his wretchedness would be unbearable.
Page 80 - That the Committee on Agriculture be requested to inquire into the expediency of establishing one or more national agricultural schools upon the basis of the naval and military schools, in order that one scholar from each congressional district and two from each State at large may receive a scientific and practical education at the public expense.
Page 43 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
Page 87 - ... in the Constitution, and can, therefore, claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.