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" 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;... "
The Drama of the Ages - Page 77
by Ella R. Shaeffer - 1917 - 223 pages
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The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of Barnstable County, Including the ...

Frederick Freeman - Barnstable County (Mass.) - 1860 - 842 pages
...characteristic trait of distinguished patriots : " It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this my first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe and who presides in the councils of nations." Immediately after the delivery of the address, the President...
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Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen: Or, The "founders of the Republic" on ...

Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1861 - 514 pages
...my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated. Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons,...this first official act, my fervent supplications to thai Almighty Being who rules over the universe — who presides iu the councils of natious, and whose...
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Proceedings of the Bunker Hill Monument Association at the Annual Meeting

Bunker Hill Monument Association - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1888 - 68 pages
...returned to the Senate-chamber, and as he closed his inaugural speech, trembling with emotion he said : " It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first...my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who presides in the councils of nations, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness...
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Proceedings of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, on the Occasion of ...

Bunker Hill Monument Association - Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.) - 1888 - 68 pages
...returned to the Senate-chamber, and as he closed his inaugural speech, trembling with emotion he said : " It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first...my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who presides in the councils of nations, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness...
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The Mercy-seat, Or, Thoughts on Prayer

Augustus Charles Thompson - Prayer - 1863 - 388 pages
...successfully formed. In his inaugural address to Congress, Washington employed the following language : " It would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplication to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations,...
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The Republican Court, Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1867 - 604 pages
...my country with* some share of the partiality in which they originated. Such being the impressions under which I have in obedience to the public summons...station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this, my first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe,...
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The Voter's Text Book, Comprising a Collection of the Most Important ...

James M. Hiatt - United States - 1868 - 426 pages
...my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated. "Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons,...supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe—who presides in the councils of nations—and whose providential aids can supply every human...
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Handbook of the Administrations of the United States

Edward Griffin Tileston - United States - 1871 - 240 pages
...Washington in his Inaugural Address remarked, " It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this n>y first official act my fervent supplications to that...in the councils of nations, and whose providential aid can supply every human defect that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness...
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The American Historical Record, Volume 3

Benson John Lossing - United States - 1874 - 706 pages
...oilier side the Atlantic, he productive of good consequences. " To use your own emphatic words, ' May that Almighty Being, who rules over the Universe —...the Councils of Nations — and whose providential aid can supply every human defect, consecrate to the Liberties and Happiness of the American people,...
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Beeton's Public Speaker. A Collection of Specimens of British and Foreign ...

Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1875 - 380 pages
...by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated. Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons,...station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this my first official act, my fervent supplication to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe,...
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