Plain Words to Young Men. by Augustus Woodbury.Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1858 - 252 |
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... things dear to human welfare , may receive their death - blow at the hands of the true and earnest men of to - day , who join , with the strength of youth , the wisdom of righteous principle and the courage of a noble soul ! We should ...
... things dear to human welfare , may receive their death - blow at the hands of the true and earnest men of to - day , who join , with the strength of youth , the wisdom of righteous principle and the courage of a noble soul ! We should ...
Strona 10
... things old , and would touch no prevailing wrong , if it have the sanction of antiquity . It excuses every evil that curses the race , because it has existed ; and , in the midst of its ances- tral comfort , pride and place , it refuses ...
... things old , and would touch no prevailing wrong , if it have the sanction of antiquity . It excuses every evil that curses the race , because it has existed ; and , in the midst of its ances- tral comfort , pride and place , it refuses ...
Strona 13
... thing which shall send rays of blessed sunshine into the cloudy years that are before us . We may , even now , store away in our souls such precious and bright pos- sessions , as will enrich our lives through their whole course as shall ...
... thing which shall send rays of blessed sunshine into the cloudy years that are before us . We may , even now , store away in our souls such precious and bright pos- sessions , as will enrich our lives through their whole course as shall ...
Strona 14
... things of life . We all are rich in the possession of the noblest examples . We all may run our course of life parallel with the worthiest of our race . The possibilities of our manhood are of the highest kind , and there is no ...
... things of life . We all are rich in the possession of the noblest examples . We all may run our course of life parallel with the worthiest of our race . The possibilities of our manhood are of the highest kind , and there is no ...
Strona 15
... thing good to be lost by our indifference , or selfishness , or neglect , but go forward with unwearied step ... things of the old civilization , return with the worst part of Eu- ropean customs ; because we repudiate the payment ...
... thing good to be lost by our indifference , or selfishness , or neglect , but go forward with unwearied step ... things of the old civilization , return with the worst part of Eu- ropean customs ; because we repudiate the payment ...
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Strona 166 - ... to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Strona 30 - Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Strona 55 - Out of my grief and my impatience, Answer'd neglectingly I know not what, He should, or he should not; for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet...
Strona 55 - I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Strona 96 - Merciful Heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle. 0 but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep.
Strona 204 - Count me o'er Earth's chosen heroes, — they were souls that stood alone While the men they agonized for hurled the contumelious stone ; — Stood serene and down the future saw the golden beam incline To the side of perfect justice, mastered by their faith divine, By one man's plain truth to manhood and to God's supreme design.
Strona 110 - A king might wish to hold in fee. O rich man's son! there is a toil That with all others level stands; Large charity doth never soil, But only whiten, soft white hands, — • This is the best crop from thy lands; A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being rich to hold in fee.
Strona 23 - I cannot hide that some have striven, Achieving calm, to whom was given The joy that mixes man with Heaven : " Who, rowing hard against the stream, Saw distant gates of Eden gleam, And did not dream it was a dream...
Strona 205 - Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Strona 55 - He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly, unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.