Report of the Committee of Arrangements Appointed by the Common Council of the City of New York: To Render a Suitable Tribute of Respect to the Memory of the Hon. Daniel Webster, Late Secretary of State of the United StatesMcSpedon & Baker, printers, 1853 - 255 páginas |
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... wisdom will inform future generations , not less than its utterance has enlightened the present . He has be- queathed to posterity the richest fruits of the experience and judgment of a great mind , conversant with the greatest national ...
... wisdom will inform future generations , not less than its utterance has enlightened the present . He has be- queathed to posterity the richest fruits of the experience and judgment of a great mind , conversant with the greatest national ...
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... wisdom and firmness so strong a confidence was reposed , there was in many hearts a feeling of personal bereavement in the death of a revered and beloved friend ; and thus thousands were led to the spot by a wish to honor his memory and ...
... wisdom and firmness so strong a confidence was reposed , there was in many hearts a feeling of personal bereavement in the death of a revered and beloved friend ; and thus thousands were led to the spot by a wish to honor his memory and ...
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... wisdom and consolation , that we have recalled to your minds these precious recol- lections . And we need utter no apology : indeed , we should be inexcusable in letting the present opportunity pass without unveiling the inner sanctuary ...
... wisdom and consolation , that we have recalled to your minds these precious recol- lections . And we need utter no apology : indeed , we should be inexcusable in letting the present opportunity pass without unveiling the inner sanctuary ...
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... wisdom are extin- guished in the Republic . Jurisprudence has lost its most brilliant ornament , eloquence its embodied spirit , and the social circle its most attractive centre . Humanity mourns the loss of one of her most gifted sons ...
... wisdom are extin- guished in the Republic . Jurisprudence has lost its most brilliant ornament , eloquence its embodied spirit , and the social circle its most attractive centre . Humanity mourns the loss of one of her most gifted sons ...
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... wisdom resembled that of FRANKLIN . I re- call with pleasure a conversation once held with him , with regard to that illustrious sage . No individual throughout our wide domain cherished a deeper reverence for the talents and services ...
... wisdom resembled that of FRANKLIN . I re- call with pleasure a conversation once held with him , with regard to that illustrious sage . No individual throughout our wide domain cherished a deeper reverence for the talents and services ...
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ABRAHAM MOORE adjournment admiration Aldermen American AUGUSTUS SCHELL BARKER bereavement CALHOUN character CHRIST citizens CLAY Columbia College Commanded Committee Common Council Constitution countrymen Court DANIEL WEBSTER death deep DEMOSTHENES dignity divine duty earth eloquence eminent eulogy event expression fame feel forever friends funeral genius gifts glory Gospel grave greatest grief Hall heart heaven HELMUS HENRY CLAY honor hope human illustrious deceased intel intellect intelligence JOSIAH W labors land late Secretary lawyer live loss majestic Marshfield Massachusetts memory ment mighty mind moral mourning nation nature never noble obsequies occasion OCTOBER 25 orator passed patriotism political President profound prosperity rendered republic resolutions Resolved respect SAMUEL OSGOOD Senate sentiment Society solemn sorrow soul speech spirit statesman STER sympathy TAMMANY HALL thought tion tribute truth Union United uttered whole wisdom words York York Historical Society YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Página 223 - Liberty first and Union afterwards'; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Página 225 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Página 244 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Página 200 - O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, ' Here let their discord with them die. Speak not for those a separate doom, Whom Fate made Brothers in the tomb ; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen...
Página 126 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Neither let the mighty man glory in his might, Let not the rich man glory in his riches : But let him that glorieth glory in this, That he understandeth and knoweth me, That I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : For in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Página 237 - How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Página 220 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.
Página 188 - THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord : And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you always.
Página 222 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Página 24 - ... necessary and indispensable element in any great human character. There is no living without it. Religion is the tie that connects man with his Creator, and holds him to His throne. If that tie be all sundered, all broken, he floats away, a worthless atom in the Universe ; its proper attractions all gone, its destiny thwarted, and its whole future nothing but darkness, desolation, and death. A man with no sense of religious duty is he whom the Scriptures describe, in such terse but terrific language,...