Address[es]W. White., 1862 |
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... tion . It is hoped that recent events may remove the British interdict against the export of arms and muni- tions of war , and enable us to receive our weapons . But , whether this takes place or not , I have earnestly to recommend the ...
... tion . It is hoped that recent events may remove the British interdict against the export of arms and muni- tions of war , and enable us to receive our weapons . But , whether this takes place or not , I have earnestly to recommend the ...
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... tion of duties , there has been none of patriotism and loyalty , and there should be none of rights between those two classes of citizens , whose hearts , torn by a common sorrow , beat responsive to the grand appeal of a common duty ...
... tion of duties , there has been none of patriotism and loyalty , and there should be none of rights between those two classes of citizens , whose hearts , torn by a common sorrow , beat responsive to the grand appeal of a common duty ...
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... tion of idiot women in the State almshouses affords an illustration ; several boys and girls have made such progress , that they are now capable of being useful in farm labor or domestic work , if proper families could be found in which ...
... tion of idiot women in the State almshouses affords an illustration ; several boys and girls have made such progress , that they are now capable of being useful in farm labor or domestic work , if proper families could be found in which ...
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... tion of our retreats for the Insane . There , as in the School for the instruction of Idiots at South Boston , which is patronized by the State , we find the fruits of patience , learning , and humanity ; and the saddest inflictions ...
... tion of our retreats for the Insane . There , as in the School for the instruction of Idiots at South Boston , which is patronized by the State , we find the fruits of patience , learning , and humanity ; and the saddest inflictions ...
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... tion which I had the honor to make to the Legislature of the past year , for such a modification of our laws touching marriage and divorce as shall lodge in some tribunal , the power to mitigate the penalty of celibacy as a consequence ...
... tion which I had the honor to make to the Legislature of the past year , for such a modification of our laws touching marriage and divorce as shall lodge in some tribunal , the power to mitigate the penalty of celibacy as a consequence ...
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Page lxxii - It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated, here, to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to...
Page 45 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretence whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 99 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 93 - Congress." If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an executive duty to reenslave such persons, another, and not I, must be their instrument to perform it. In stating a single condition of peace, I mean simply to say, that the war will cease on the part of the government whenever it shall have ceased on the part of those who began it.
Page 56 - ... the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the...
Page 45 - For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Page 28 - Levet to the grave descend, Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise and coarsely kind ; Nor lettered arrogance deny Thy praise to merit unrefined.
Page 14 - ... some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse fortune ; which is one of the greatest impediments of virtue, and imperfections of manners.
Page 44 - States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than onequarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twentyfive cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State...
Page 28 - In misery's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish poured his groan, And lonely want retired to die. No summons mocked by chill delay, No petty gain disdained by pride ; The modest wants of every day The toil of every day supplied. His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employed.