Orations: Greek oratorsP.F. Collier and son, 1900 |
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... fact that he intrenches himself anew in his impregnable mountains , hard pressed on every side , he is forced not only to allow his cannon and baggage to fall a prey to the Duc d'Enghien , but also all the country bordering the Rhine ...
... fact that he intrenches himself anew in his impregnable mountains , hard pressed on every side , he is forced not only to allow his cannon and baggage to fall a prey to the Duc d'Enghien , but also all the country bordering the Rhine ...
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... fact in the spirit of holy compunction ; to us consecrated to the min- istry of the altars , to us priests of Jesus Christ , whom God has chosen in his Church to be the dispensers of his sacra- ments . It does not become me to ...
... fact in the spirit of holy compunction ; to us consecrated to the min- istry of the altars , to us priests of Jesus Christ , whom God has chosen in his Church to be the dispensers of his sacra- ments . It does not become me to ...
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... fact , my dear hearers , you know that , whatever virtue and merit we may possess , they are not enough to procure us esteem at court . Enter it , and appear only like Jesus Christ clothed with the robe of innocence ; only walk with ...
... fact , my dear hearers , you know that , whatever virtue and merit we may possess , they are not enough to procure us esteem at court . Enter it , and appear only like Jesus Christ clothed with the robe of innocence ; only walk with ...
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... fact , would it be possible to conceal from the nations of the earth this revolution which is your glory ? Will not the proclamation of the rights of man reverberate over all parts of the globe ? Will not the news be gradually spread ...
... fact , would it be possible to conceal from the nations of the earth this revolution which is your glory ? Will not the proclamation of the rights of man reverberate over all parts of the globe ? Will not the news be gradually spread ...
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... fact , they are continually returning . The influ- ence of these manners and habits , sentiments and princi- ples upon our very liberties , it is to our interest to examine with the utmost prudence . [ Mirabeau then enters into a ...
... fact , they are continually returning . The influ- ence of these manners and habits , sentiments and princi- ples upon our very liberties , it is to our interest to examine with the utmost prudence . [ Mirabeau then enters into a ...
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Page 296 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth : I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Page 94 - Even if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him, so Voltaire said — 'si dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait 1'inventer.
Page 351 - If it may be doubted, whether beasts compound and enlarge their ideas that way, to any degree: this, I think, I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them; and that the having of general ideas, is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes; and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to.
Page 298 - I ever make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience ! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise; so help me God ! Amen.
Page 360 - Beyond the Alps, beyond the sea, are other peoples now fighting or preparing to fight the holy fight of independence, of nationality, of liberty ; other peoples striving by different routes to reach the same goal — improvement, association, and the foundation of an authority which shall put an end to moral anarchy and relink earth to heaven ; an authority which mankind may love and obey without remorse or shame. Unite with them ; they will unite with you.
Page 345 - I have yet seen, — I feel so sure that the blue ape without a tail will never rival us in poetry, painting, and music, — that I see no reason whatever why justice may not be done to the few fragments of soul, and tatters of understanding, which they may really possess.
Page 359 - Love your country. Your country is the land where your parents sleep, where is spoken that language in which the chosen of your heart blushing whispered the first word of love; it is the home that God has given you, that by striving to perfect yourselves therein, you may prepare to ascend to him. It is your name, your glory, your sign among the people. Give to it your thoughts, your counsels, your blood.
Page 167 - Wherever the exterior condition of man becomes enlarged, quickened, and improved ; wherever the intellectual nature of man distinguishes itself by its energy, brilliancy, and its grandeur ; wherever these two signs concur, and they often do so, notwithstanding the gravest imperfections in the social system, there man proclaims and applauds civilization.
Page 114 - ... that the enemies of the Republic have opposed this committee to the committee of public safety, and have thus constituted two governments; that members of the committee of public safety...
Page 216 - XVI reigned already; so that his cradle could see the last rays of the great throne, and his coffin the first gleams from the great abyss.