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... arrayed upon the side of the Frank , all the papal prelates and their followers . From one end of the Roman empire to the other , of all the princes and sovereigns of christendom , Clovis alone was orthodox . THE MIGHTY ONE 63.
... arrayed upon the side of the Frank , all the papal prelates and their followers . From one end of the Roman empire to the other , of all the princes and sovereigns of christendom , Clovis alone was orthodox . THE MIGHTY ONE 63.
Page 70
... empire ran to see what the matter was . The pope requested them to oppose the monk , and applied particularly to me on account of his being in my country . I again awoke and repeated the Lord's prayer , entreated God to preserve his ...
... empire ran to see what the matter was . The pope requested them to oppose the monk , and applied particularly to me on account of his being in my country . I again awoke and repeated the Lord's prayer , entreated God to preserve his ...
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... Empire under Napoleon had been despotic , now by the reaction of things the restoration was forced to be liberal . A constitutional order was granted to the great regret of the conquerors . The result was , that progress proceeded in a ...
... Empire under Napoleon had been despotic , now by the reaction of things the restoration was forced to be liberal . A constitutional order was granted to the great regret of the conquerors . The result was , that progress proceeded in a ...
Page 110
... empire . France free and strong , had been an encouraging spectacle to the other peoples of Europe . The revolution had had its say under Robespierre ; the cannon had had its say under Bonaparte . Under Louis XVIII , and Charles X ...
... empire . France free and strong , had been an encouraging spectacle to the other peoples of Europe . The revolution had had its say under Robespierre ; the cannon had had its say under Bonaparte . Under Louis XVIII , and Charles X ...
Page 166
... Empire than it was shorn of its character of univer- sality and enthralled by an unholy connection with the un- holy State . And so it continued , till the New Nation - the least defiled with the barren scoffings of the eighteenth cen ...
... Empire than it was shorn of its character of univer- sality and enthralled by an unholy connection with the un- holy State . And so it continued , till the New Nation - the least defiled with the barren scoffings of the eighteenth cen ...
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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...