Orations: Greek oratorsP.F. Collier and son, 1900 |
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... virtues , these princes would have found no consolation for their grief , nor this pontiff any confidence in his prayers , nor would I myself utter with conviction the praises which I owe so great a man . Let us , by this example , then ...
... virtues , these princes would have found no consolation for their grief , nor this pontiff any confidence in his prayers , nor would I myself utter with conviction the praises which I owe so great a man . Let us , by this example , then ...
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... 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 he was concerned . Thus ...
... 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 he was concerned . Thus ...
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... virtues such as these in characters so different , not to say diametrically opposite ? The one appears to be guided by deep reflection , the other by sudden illumination ; the latter as a consequence , though more impetuous , yet never ...
... virtues such as these in characters so different , not to say diametrically opposite ? The one appears to be guided by deep reflection , the other by sudden illumination ; the latter as a consequence , though more impetuous , yet never ...
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... virtue either unknown or despised ? It is not a rash zeal which induces me to speak in this manner ; it is what you too often witness , Christians ; it is what you perhaps feel in yourselves ; and a little reflection upon the manners of ...
... virtue either unknown or despised ? It is not a rash zeal which induces me to speak in this manner ; it is what you too often witness , Christians ; it is what you perhaps feel in yourselves ; and a little reflection upon the manners of ...
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... 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 Jesus Christ in the way of simplicity ; only speak as ...
... 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 Jesus Christ in the way of simplicity ; only speak as ...
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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.