Letters and Speeches of the Honorable John F. Fitzgerald: Mayor of Boston, 1906-07, 1910-13Printing Department, 1914 - 166 pages |
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... cause for which so many genuine apostles have lived , the cause for which you , whom we are proud to welcome as our city's guests on this occasion , are sacrificing time and energy and means with no thought of personal reward . You will ...
... cause for which so many genuine apostles have lived , the cause for which you , whom we are proud to welcome as our city's guests on this occasion , are sacrificing time and energy and means with no thought of personal reward . You will ...
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... cause of liberty . Their acquaintance ripened into friendship , and thus by what may seem a happy accident our country gained one more immigrant destined to a career of distinguished usefulness . In this land of opportunity the fervor ...
... cause of liberty . Their acquaintance ripened into friendship , and thus by what may seem a happy accident our country gained one more immigrant destined to a career of distinguished usefulness . In this land of opportunity the fervor ...
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... cause Mr. Anagnos to cease to be a Greek . Although his fellow countrymen here were few he identified himself with their interests and stood frankly but not obtrusively before the com- munity as a representative of a minor people . He ...
... cause Mr. Anagnos to cease to be a Greek . Although his fellow countrymen here were few he identified himself with their interests and stood frankly but not obtrusively before the com- munity as a representative of a minor people . He ...
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... caused an unexpected and an embarrassing activity among my friends throughout the state . It has tended to confuse the situation . Local Democratic leaders have told me that the doubt whether I would permit myself to become a candidate ...
... caused an unexpected and an embarrassing activity among my friends throughout the state . It has tended to confuse the situation . Local Democratic leaders have told me that the doubt whether I would permit myself to become a candidate ...
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... cause of Ireland and that of the English Democracy is the same than the perpetual opposition of the titled aristocracy of Great Britain to both . When the history of this epoch - making event is written , historians cannot fail to ...
... cause of Ireland and that of the English Democracy is the same than the perpetual opposition of the titled aristocracy of Great Britain to both . When the history of this epoch - making event is written , historians cannot fail to ...
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Page 30 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain.
Page 30 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty, prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 30 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Page 30 - Whose beard descending swept his aged breast : The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd : The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Page 21 - The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade.
Page 30 - The long-remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire and talked the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won.
Page 52 - ... to secure the honest, efficient, and economical conduct of the entire executive and administrative business of the city, and the harmonious and concerted action of the different departments.
Page 151 - I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
Page 164 - I love consists in finding out wherein subjects are aggrieved, in relieving them, in studying the temper and genius of a people, in consulting their prejudices, in selecting proper persons to lead and manage them, in the laborious, watchful, and difficult task of increasing public happiness by allaying each particular discontent.
Page 151 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.