Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1852-1867Little, Brown,, 1867 - United States |
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... American Sunday School Union in Boston , May 27 , 1852 . NOMINATION OF WINFIELD SCOTT FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES . A Speech made at Faneuil Hall , June 29 , 1852 . THE OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDUCATED MEN IN THE ...
... American Sunday School Union in Boston , May 27 , 1852 . NOMINATION OF WINFIELD SCOTT FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES . A Speech made at Faneuil Hall , June 29 , 1852 . THE OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDUCATED MEN IN THE ...
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... American Antiquarian Society , Boston , April 26 , 1854 . AN INCREASED CIRCULATION OF RELIGIOUS BOOKS . A Speech made at the Anniversary Meeting of the American Tract So- ciety , Boston , May 31 , 1854 BOSTON MECHANICS AND BOSTON ...
... American Antiquarian Society , Boston , April 26 , 1854 . AN INCREASED CIRCULATION OF RELIGIOUS BOOKS . A Speech made at the Anniversary Meeting of the American Tract So- ciety , Boston , May 31 , 1854 BOSTON MECHANICS AND BOSTON ...
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... AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY . 670 A Speech made at the Academy of Music , New York , May 10 , 1866 . 675 THE DEATH OF GENERAL SCOTT . Remarks made at a Meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society , June , 1866 680 GEORGE PEABODY ...
... AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY . 670 A Speech made at the Academy of Music , New York , May 10 , 1866 . 675 THE DEATH OF GENERAL SCOTT . Remarks made at a Meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society , June , 1866 680 GEORGE PEABODY ...
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... American school system . I say more than all , - for religious instruction was combined and incorporated with secular education in those old Saxon schools , and lent its crowning grace and beauty to the whole organization . But , my ...
... American school system . I say more than all , - for religious instruction was combined and incorporated with secular education in those old Saxon schools , and lent its crowning grace and beauty to the whole organization . But , my ...
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... American University be able to point to names upon its catalogue of Alumni which may be likened to these names , for the originality and profoundness of the researches , for the practical importance of the accomplishments , for the ...
... American University be able to point to names upon its catalogue of Alumni which may be likened to these names , for the originality and profoundness of the researches , for the practical importance of the accomplishments , for the ...
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Page 328 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free.
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Page 573 - ... his mind and hand went together; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers.
Page 217 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
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