The Life and Work of Frederic Thomas Greenhalge: Governor of MassachusettsRoberts Brothers, 1897 - 456 Seiten |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
The Life and Work of Frederic Thomas Greenhalge, Governor of Massachusetts James Ernest Nesmith Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admiration ambition American beautiful believe bill Boston Boston Herald called campaign candidate career character Chattanooga citizen Club committee Commonwealth Congress Constitution contest convention courage defeat Democratic party district duty election eloquence England eyes feeling friends gentlemen give glory Governor Greenhalge Governor of Massachusetts grand Greenhalge's halge Hall heard heart honest honor House interest James Abram Garfield John Winthrop justice Kennebunkport knew labor Laughter legislation Legislature letter liberty living Lowell Lowell Courier Massachusetts Mayor ment mind Mugwump nation never nomination o'er orator partisan patriotic peace political politician principle prosperity question remember republic Republican party seemed Senate shining side soul speak Speaker speech spirit stand sweet things thought tion to-day true veto victory Virginia voice vote West Virginia Wetzel County William Lloyd Garrison words youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 112 - There methinks would be enjoyment more than in this march of mind, In the steamship, in the railway, in the thoughts that shake mankind.
Seite 392 - The Situation that has not its Duty, its Ideal, was never yet occupied by man. Yes here, in this poor, miserable, hampered, despicable Actual, wherein thou even now standest, here or nowhere is thy Ideal : work it out therefrom ; and working, believe, live, be free.
Seite 196 - Its propriety rests upon the evidence of this plain proposition, that every government ought to contain in itself the means of its own preservation.
Seite 48 - One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake.
Seite 72 - Of destiny's first-born, for smoother fields That yield no crop of self-denying will; A hand is stretched to him from out the dark, Which grasping without question, he is led Where there is work that he must do for God. The trial still is the strength's complement, And the uncertain, dizzy path that scales The sheer heights of supremest purposes Is steeper to the angel than the child.
Seite 227 - No man, nor corporation, or association of men, have any other title to obtain advantages, or particular and exclusive privileges, distinct from those of the community, than what arises from the consideration of services rendered to the public...
Seite 198 - In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law.
Seite 287 - The power of pardoning offences, except such as persons may be convicted of before the Senate, by an impeachment of the House, shall be in the Governor, by and with the advice of Council : but no charter of pardon, granted by the Governor, with advice of the Council, before conviction, shall avail the party pleading the same, notwithstanding any general or particular expressions contained therein...
Seite 392 - Ideal: work it out therefrom; and working, believe, live, be free. Fool ! the Ideal is in thyself, the impediment too is in thyself: thy Condition is but the stuff thou art to shape that same Ideal out of: what matters whether such stuff be of this sort or that, so the Form thou give it be heroic, be poetic? O thou that pinest in the imprisonment of the Actual, and criest bitterly to the gods for a kingdom wherein to rule and create, know this of a truth: the thing thou seekest is already with thee,...
Seite 45 - So careful of the type?' but no. From scarped cliff and quarried stone She cries, 'A thousand types are gone: I care for nothing, all shall go. Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death: The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.