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... volume itself will not justify . Besides , one who has such a scholastic charge might be supposed to have enough to employ his time , without engaging in such outside literary labors as seem more befitting the professed author . I say ...
... volume itself will not justify . Besides , one who has such a scholastic charge might be supposed to have enough to employ his time , without engaging in such outside literary labors as seem more befitting the professed author . I say ...
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... volume ; here is a field ample enough for the most vituperative critic to exercise his skill in . Many will see that some favorite piece , or it may be some favorite author has been left out ; and may hastily ask why it is so . It is ...
... volume ; here is a field ample enough for the most vituperative critic to exercise his skill in . Many will see that some favorite piece , or it may be some favorite author has been left out ; and may hastily ask why it is so . It is ...
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... volumes . My publishers — and no author could in this respect be more highly favored - have done their part , as before , in a style of great beauty ; so that no series of books , I believe , have ever been offered to the public at so ...
... volumes . My publishers — and no author could in this respect be more highly favored - have done their part , as before , in a style of great beauty ; so that no series of books , I believe , have ever been offered to the public at so ...
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... following acts , which are deter- Read Biography by Rev. Samuel Miller , D. D. , in the 8th volume of Sparks ' American Biography . mined by it , can be free . If we 32 [ 1703-1758 . JONATHAN EDWARDS . Biographical Sketch,
... following acts , which are deter- Read Biography by Rev. Samuel Miller , D. D. , in the 8th volume of Sparks ' American Biography . mined by it , can be free . If we 32 [ 1703-1758 . JONATHAN EDWARDS . Biographical Sketch,
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... volumes , with a memoir by the Rev. Dr. John Rodgers . They consist of " Sermons ; " an " Inquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Stage ; " " Lectures on Moral Philosophy ; " " Lectures on Eloquence ; " " Lectures on Divinity ...
... volumes , with a memoir by the Rev. Dr. John Rodgers . They consist of " Sermons ; " an " Inquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Stage ; " " Lectures on Moral Philosophy ; " " Lectures on Eloquence ; " " Lectures on Divinity ...
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Page 87 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations, cultivate peace and harmony with all ; religion and morality enjoin this conduct ; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 87 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 316 - But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore, What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.
Page 87 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that...
Page 88 - The nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts, through passion, what reason would reject...
Page 479 - And now, when comes the calm mild day, as still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home...
Page 355 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 351 - We wish, finally, that the last object on the sight of him who leaves his native shore, and the first to gladden his who revisits it, may be something which shall remind him of the liberty and the glory of his country. Let it rise, till it meet the sun in his coming; let the earliest light of the morning gild it, and parting day linger and play on its summit.
Page 317 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 87 - Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.