Orations: Greek oratorsP.F. Collier and son, 1900 |
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... follow in the train of virtue . It is this which he has endeavored to instil into others , and by this principle has he himself ever been guided . Thus false glory had no temptation for him . It was with truth and greatness alone that ...
... follow in the train of virtue . It is this which he has endeavored to instil into others , and by this principle has he himself ever been guided . Thus false glory had no temptation for him . It was with truth and greatness alone that ...
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... follows : ] It was not merely for a son nor for his family that he had such tender sentiments : I have seen him ( and do not think that I here speak in terms of exaggeration ) , I have seen him deeply moved by the perils of his friends ...
... follows : ] It was not merely for a son nor for his family that he had such tender sentiments : I have seen him ( and do not think that I here speak in terms of exaggeration ) , I have seen him deeply moved by the perils of his friends ...
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... follow me . Betrayed and abandoned by cowardly disciples : such , 0 divine Saviour , has been thy destiny . But it was not enough that the Apostles , the first men whom thou didst choose for thine own , in violation of the most holy ...
... follow me . Betrayed and abandoned by cowardly disciples : such , 0 divine Saviour , has been thy destiny . But it was not enough that the Apostles , the first men whom thou didst choose for thine own , in violation of the most holy ...
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... follow their own imagination . It is so simple a demonstration , that from this very cause it escapes those minds incapable of a purely intellectual operation . And the more perfect this way of discovering the Supreme Being is , the ...
... follow their own imagination . It is so simple a demonstration , that from this very cause it escapes those minds incapable of a purely intellectual operation . And the more perfect this way of discovering the Supreme Being is , the ...
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... follow in the wake of this vessel , or rather this long floating bier , as it traverses the seas which separate the two worlds . The unfortunate who sees his companion perishing tries in vain to refrain from jostling him , the only way ...
... follow in the wake of this vessel , or rather this long floating bier , as it traverses the seas which separate the two worlds . The unfortunate who sees his companion perishing tries in vain to refrain from jostling him , the only way ...
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arms army Assembly Austria authority become believe blood body Bossuet brutes budget called cause Chamber of Deputies CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS Christians citizens civilization coup d'état crime death declared decree defend desire despotism divine doctrine Dreyfus duty earth enemies established eternal Europe evil existence faith favor fear feel force France freedom French gentlemen Girondists give glory hand heart honor human idea innocent interest Italy Jacobin Club Jesus Christ justice king labor lèse-majesté liberty live Louis Louis XVI ment millions mind Minister Mirabeau monarchy moral nation nature never orator ourselves Paris passion peace person political prince Prince de Condé principle punishment reason religion Republic Republican respect Revolution Robespierre Rome Russia sacred sentiment simplicity slave social society soul speak things thou thought tion to-day true truth tyranny virtue Voltaire wish word
Popular passages
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.