The Works of Charles Sumner, Band 1Lee and Shepard, 1870 |
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... seem to illustrate the bitter philosophy of Hobbes , declaring that the natural state of mankind is War , and to sustain the exulting language of the soldier in our own day , when he wrote , " War is the condition of this world . From ...
... seem to illustrate the bitter philosophy of Hobbes , declaring that the natural state of mankind is War , and to sustain the exulting language of the soldier in our own day , when he wrote , " War is the condition of this world . From ...
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... seem- ing excuse , although its absurdity is apparent in the equal pretensions of the two belligerents , each claim- ing to act on the defensive . It is unreasonable to sup- pose that war can arise in the present age , under the ...
... seem- ing excuse , although its absurdity is apparent in the equal pretensions of the two belligerents , each claim- ing to act on the defensive . It is unreasonable to sup- pose that war can arise in the present age , under the ...
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... seem pictures from the life of Alaric , who led the Goths to Rome , or of Attila , general of the Huns , called the Scourge of God , and who boasted that the grass did not grow where his horse had set his foot ; but no ! they belong to ...
... seem pictures from the life of Alaric , who led the Goths to Rome , or of Attila , general of the Huns , called the Scourge of God , and who boasted that the grass did not grow where his horse had set his foot ; but no ! they belong to ...
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... children , who are cousins - german ; and it seems to me that what I 1 Guizot , Hist . de la Civilisation en France , Leçon 14 , Vol . IV . pp . 162-164 . — thus give I employ to good purpose . " THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS . 41.
... children , who are cousins - german ; and it seems to me that what I 1 Guizot , Hist . de la Civilisation en France , Leçon 14 , Vol . IV . pp . 162-164 . — thus give I employ to good purpose . " THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS . 41.
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... seems to be standing still in the heavens , as upon Gibeon , the dealings between nations are still governed by the odious rules of brute violence which once predominated be- tween individuals . The Dark Ages have not passed away ...
... seems to be standing still in the heavens , as upon Gibeon , the dealings between nations are still governed by the odious rules of brute violence which once predominated be- tween individuals . The Dark Ages have not passed away ...
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Seite 18 - 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...
Seite 271 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Seite 284 - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and, without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Seite 345 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Seite 110 - 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.
Seite 59 - 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.
Seite 202 - Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or to devotion ; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory have its full fraught : then, with useful and generous labours preserving the body's health and hardiness...
Seite 318 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...
Seite 45 - Wherefore that here we may briefly end : of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Seite 44 - III. 2. Nor second He, that rode sublime Upon the seraph-wings of Ecstasy, The secrets of the abyss to spy. He passed the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.