An Address Delivered at the Request of the Citizens of Hartford, on the 9th of November, 1835: The Close of the Second Century, from the First Settlement of the CityBelknap & Hamersley, 1835 - 80 pages |
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... fields and smiling gardens ; instead of savage tribes , we behold com- munities of civilized men ; instead of the murky Indian hut , we behold comfortable houses and splendid public edifices ; instead of the Indian canoe , silently ...
... fields and smiling gardens ; instead of savage tribes , we behold com- munities of civilized men ; instead of the murky Indian hut , we behold comfortable houses and splendid public edifices ; instead of the Indian canoe , silently ...
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... fields , and laid the founda- tions of our state , have been augmented to three hundred thousand , forming a constitu- ent and happy part of a great nation , —a nation of more than twelve millions of people , blessed with intelligence ...
... fields , and laid the founda- tions of our state , have been augmented to three hundred thousand , forming a constitu- ent and happy part of a great nation , —a nation of more than twelve millions of people , blessed with intelligence ...
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... field of their toils ; what principles guided them in laying the foundation of those civil and religious insti- tutions which distinguish our lot ; what fortunes attended them during their sojourn on earth ; how they lived , how they ...
... field of their toils ; what principles guided them in laying the foundation of those civil and religious insti- tutions which distinguish our lot ; what fortunes attended them during their sojourn on earth ; how they lived , how they ...
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... fields , subdued by their care , and of a territory defended by their valor and their blood ; happy in a rich and most abundant heritage of blessings , —all to a greater extent than probably any of us are aware , the fruit of their ...
... fields , subdued by their care , and of a territory defended by their valor and their blood ; happy in a rich and most abundant heritage of blessings , —all to a greater extent than probably any of us are aware , the fruit of their ...
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... field . They cut him down with their tomahawks at the door of his own house . The question was to be set- tled whether our fathers should abandon the country or meet and conquer this terri- ble foe . They determined on the latter . On ...
... field . They cut him down with their tomahawks at the door of his own house . The question was to be set- tled whether our fathers should abandon the country or meet and conquer this terri- ble foe . They determined on the latter . On ...
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Page 46 - It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Page 46 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Page 48 - After God had carried us safe to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civil government, one of the next things we longed for and looked after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers shall lie in the dust.
Page 20 - Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are ; and as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone to many, yea in some sort to our whole nation; let the glorious name of Jehovah have all the praise.
Page 48 - Civil Government: One of the next things we longed for, and looked after was to advance Learning and perpetuate it to Posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate Ministry to the Churches when our present Ministers shall lie in the Dust.
Page 74 - The commissioners were authorised to support the clergy by assigning them "tithes, oblations, and other profits, according to their discretion; to inflict punishment on those who should violate their ordinances; to remove governors of plantations, and to appoint others; and to constitute tribunals...
Page 62 - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Page 53 - So absolute indeed was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritans alone ; and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous and habits so ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution.
Page 77 - The first thing which was printed was the freeman's oath; the next was an almanack made for New England by Mr. William Pierce Mariner; the next was the Psalms newly turned into metre.
Page 49 - Hopkins, which is to give some encouragement in those foreign plantations for the breeding up of hopeful youths in a way of learning, both at the grammar school and college, for the public service of the country in future times.