Addresses on WarFor the International Union, Ginn & Company, 1871 - 319 pages |
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... blood . They say to us , their children , " Cease to vaunt what you do , and what has been done for you . Learn to walk meekly and to think humbly . Cultivate habits of self - sacrifice . Never aim at what is not RIGHT , per- suaded ...
... blood . They say to us , their children , " Cease to vaunt what you do , and what has been done for you . Learn to walk meekly and to think humbly . Cultivate habits of self - sacrifice . Never aim at what is not RIGHT , per- suaded ...
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... blood . Well may the modern poet exclaim , “ The world knows nothing of its greatest men ! " for thus far it has chiefly honored the violent brood of Battle , armed men springing up from the dragon's teeth sown by Hate , and cared ...
... blood . Well may the modern poet exclaim , “ The world knows nothing of its greatest men ! " for thus far it has chiefly honored the violent brood of Battle , armed men springing up from the dragon's teeth sown by Hate , and cared ...
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Charles Sumner. - blood . Fain would I offer my tribute to the Father of Poetry , standing with harp of immortal melody on the misty mountain - top of distant Antiquity , -to those stories of courage and sacrifice which emblazon the an ...
Charles Sumner. - blood . Fain would I offer my tribute to the Father of Poetry , standing with harp of immortal melody on the misty mountain - top of distant Antiquity , -to those stories of courage and sacrifice which emblazon the an ...
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... blood , is nothing but an immense altar , where life is immolated without end , without measure , with- out respite . But this oracle is not saved from rejec- tion even by the magistral style in which it is deliv- ered . ( ( 1 Napier ...
... blood , is nothing but an immense altar , where life is immolated without end , without measure , with- out respite . But this oracle is not saved from rejec- tion even by the magistral style in which it is deliv- ered . ( ( 1 Napier ...
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... blood , and with lion's paw clutching an asserted right . Though in more recent days this character is somewhat disguised by the skill and knowledge employed , war is still the same , only more destructive from the genius and intellect ...
... blood , and with lion's paw clutching an asserted right . Though in more recent days this character is somewhat disguised by the skill and knowledge employed , war is still the same , only more destructive from the genius and intellect ...
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Page 61 - Makes mouths at the invisible event, Exposing what is mortal, and unsure To all that fortune, death and danger dare, Even for an egg-shell.
Page 20 - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Page 186 - And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into...
Page 186 - AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Page 112 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Page 61 - Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Page 200 - Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach, far worse to bear Than violence ; for this was all thy care, To stand approved in sight of God, though worlds Judged thee perverse...
Page 208 - We make daily great improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral philosophy; the discovery of a plan, that would induce and oblige nations to settle their disputes without first cutting one another's throats.
Page 114 - Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel: They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night: They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred.
Page 83 - Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!