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... religious liberty . He asserted in his conscience that this is good . A splendid enthusiasm for the 86 THE DRAMA OF THE AGES.
... religious liberty . He asserted in his conscience that this is good . A splendid enthusiasm for the 86 THE DRAMA OF THE AGES.
Page 96
... religious liberty in America and how it was won for that nation and for all mankind . Suddenly he arose ; went to the room where Evadne was sleeping , here by the bed of his child , the object of his purest affections , he struggled ...
... religious liberty in America and how it was won for that nation and for all mankind . Suddenly he arose ; went to the room where Evadne was sleeping , here by the bed of his child , the object of his purest affections , he struggled ...
Page 104
... liberty alone could have endured what you have endured . " Thanks be to you for it , soldiers . Your grateful ... religious liberty had full sway . Whatever may have been the crimes of France , whatever the atrocious 104 THE DRAMA OF THE ...
... liberty alone could have endured what you have endured . " Thanks be to you for it , soldiers . Your grateful ... religious liberty had full sway . Whatever may have been the crimes of France , whatever the atrocious 104 THE DRAMA OF THE ...
Page 105
... liberty in things religious to the oppressed peoples of Europe . This France purposed ; this Napoleon did . The climax of Napoleon's speech is interesting . His state- ment that " ashes of the conquerors of Tarquin are still tram- pled ...
... liberty in things religious to the oppressed peoples of Europe . This France purposed ; this Napoleon did . The climax of Napoleon's speech is interesting . His state- ment that " ashes of the conquerors of Tarquin are still tram- pled ...
Page 106
... religious teachings and tenets of the Roman Catholic Church . What he and the French people objected to was the way in which the pope had anathematized the civil and religious liberty for which they fought . They detested the papal ...
... religious teachings and tenets of the Roman Catholic Church . What he and the French people objected to was the way in which the pope had anathematized the civil and religious liberty for which they fought . They detested the papal ...
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Page 99 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 100 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think : They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 207 - 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.
Page 206 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation...
Page 77 - Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe; who presides in the councils of nations...
Page 208 - I hold the maxim no less applicable to. public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary, and would be unwise, to extend them.
Page 11 - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation ; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us.
Page 78 - I shall take my present leave ; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication, that since he has been pleased to favor the American people, with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government, for the security of their union, and the advancement of their happiness ; so his divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations,...
Page 78 - Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave, but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication that, since he has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their...
Page 135 - ... to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical...