Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware, Temas50-55

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The Society., 1908
 

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Página 19 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Página 36 - God give us men. A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands: Men whom the lust of office does not kill: Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will...
Página 36 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Página 3 - The fish ofttimes the burgher dispossessed, And sat, not as a meat, but as a guest...
Página 20 - Constitution, or whatever may be the destiny of the edifice prepared by them, I feel it a duty to express my profound and solemn conviction, derived from my intimate opportunity of observing and appreciating the views of the Convention, collectively and individually, that there never was an assembly of men, charged with a great and arduous trust, who were more pure in their motives, or more exclusively or anxiously devoted to the object committed to them, than were the members of the Federal Convention...
Página 13 - Reflect that life and death, affecting sounds ! Are only varied modes of endless being ; Reflect that life, like every other blessing, Derives its value from its use alone ; Not for itself, but for a nobler end, Th' Eternal gave it, and that end is virtue.
Página 9 - A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.
Página 27 - Tis the set of the sails And not the gales Which tells us the way to go. Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate, As we voyage along through life; 'Tis the set of the soul That decides its goal And not the calm or the strife.
Página 14 - By order of the War Department the following were announced as the battles in which the First Delaware Regiment was engaged : Fair Oaks, Games' Mill, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Polopotomy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Ream's Station and Boydtown Road.
Página 1 - Lincoln had been a member of the Convention that framed the Constitution of the United States, and...

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