James Sidney Rollins, MemoirPrinted at the De Vinne Press, 1891 - 317 páginas |
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... whole life of action , yet many a turn of conduct , many an element of character , becomes fully intelligible only in the light that emanates from the ancestral tomb . THE subject of this memoir , James Sidney Rollins , was born at ...
... whole life of action , yet many a turn of conduct , many an element of character , becomes fully intelligible only in the light that emanates from the ancestral tomb . THE subject of this memoir , James Sidney Rollins , was born at ...
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... whole life into an example of the benefit of collegiate training and into an elo- quent and yearly more effective plea for its encouragement . The straitened circumstances of his early youth could not deter him from attempting , nor ...
... whole life into an example of the benefit of collegiate training and into an elo- quent and yearly more effective plea for its encouragement . The straitened circumstances of his early youth could not deter him from attempting , nor ...
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... whole commercial and even govern- mental polity , is long since a matter of history . - From this point on it is affairs of great public import , rather than the concerns of private clients , that engage the attention and fas- cinate ...
... whole commercial and even govern- mental polity , is long since a matter of history . - From this point on it is affairs of great public import , rather than the concerns of private clients , that engage the attention and fas- cinate ...
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... whole duty thus imposed on it , nor until comparatively recent years any very considerable measure thereof . Not until 1827 were the townships set apart for the " seminary of learning , " and even under far wiser administration the ...
... whole duty thus imposed on it , nor until comparatively recent years any very considerable measure thereof . Not until 1827 were the townships set apart for the " seminary of learning , " and even under far wiser administration the ...
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... whole educational system of the State , serve only to set in clearer relief by contrast the en- lightened , philanthropic , and prophetic statesmanship that presided at its planting . Such , then , so brilliant and so beneficent , was ...
... whole educational system of the State , serve only to set in clearer relief by contrast the en- lightened , philanthropic , and prophetic statesmanship that presided at its planting . Such , then , so brilliant and so beneficent , was ...
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Página 207 - But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Página 260 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Página 127 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations — northern and southern — Atlantic and western ; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Página 143 - It follows from these views that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union,— that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void...
Página 141 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution. and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired:...
Página 212 - Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success: that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Página 197 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Página 179 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 142 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the public speeches of him who now addresses you.
Página 194 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...