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... word Ameri- ca ; there were no Indians anywhere ; the Islands of the sea awaited the coming of man . In the days of Eber still lived the fathers of our race ; from them have come all the nations and people that are on the earth ; the ...
... word Ameri- ca ; there were no Indians anywhere ; the Islands of the sea awaited the coming of man . In the days of Eber still lived the fathers of our race ; from them have come all the nations and people that are on the earth ; the ...
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... words of Eber awakened acclamations of deep enthu- siasm . Caesar was ambitious . Nimrod was ambitious . He said in an aside to his companions , this man Eber studies much , he sees afar , he is dangerous ; we must represent him to the ...
... words of Eber awakened acclamations of deep enthu- siasm . Caesar was ambitious . Nimrod was ambitious . He said in an aside to his companions , this man Eber studies much , he sees afar , he is dangerous ; we must represent him to the ...
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... word , it embodies a vain idea : there is no freedom in life ; all of us are bound in cords or restricted in one way or another ; he who deems himself politically free is a slave to the multitude and to his own ambition ; while he who ...
... word , it embodies a vain idea : there is no freedom in life ; all of us are bound in cords or restricted in one way or another ; he who deems himself politically free is a slave to the multitude and to his own ambition ; while he who ...
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... words of inspiration are , ' How art thou fallen from heaven , O Lucifer , son of the morning : how art thou cut down to the ground , —For thou hast said in thine heart , I will ascend into heaven , I will exalt my throne above the ...
... words of inspiration are , ' How art thou fallen from heaven , O Lucifer , son of the morning : how art thou cut down to the ground , —For thou hast said in thine heart , I will ascend into heaven , I will exalt my throne above the ...
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... word did she utter in reply . Step by step she retreated from him , she let the draperies fall softly and so disappeared , leaving him alone with Zamula . He stood for a moment , now he ventured to look through the curtains that ...
... word did she utter in reply . Step by step she retreated from him , she let the draperies fall softly and so disappeared , leaving him alone with Zamula . He stood for a moment , now he ventured to look through the curtains that ...
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A. T. Jones Abram absolute Akkad American Liberty apostolic delegate arms army arose Assyria barricade beautiful Beethoven beheld Cardinal Catholic charming Christian Religion Church of Rome civil Constitution Creator dark declared despotism divine right earth Eber empire established Europe Evadne eyes father faubourgh fire France freedom French French Revolution glory gold granted hand happiness head heart heaven holy House of Bourbon human Huss individual Istar Jehan jeweled John Huss kings light ligion looked Lord Lorenya Louis XVIII Madame Cammille ment mighty mind monarchy Monsieur Cammille Monsieur Lenormand Napoleon Nation never night Nimrod one-man power patriotism peace pope priests principle Protestant Protestantism Religious Liberty republic revolution Roman Roman Catholic church Rome's Sarai soul sovereignty speech stood Supreme Court thee things thou art thou shalt tion true truth union United voice whole words wrath Zamula
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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...