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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... thing was arranged with the utmost simplicity , in the order usual in a New England funeral - private it could not be . In addition to the general sense of loss in the removal of a great leader and a statesman , in whose wisdom and ...
... thing was arranged with the utmost simplicity , in the order usual in a New England funeral - private it could not be . In addition to the general sense of loss in the removal of a great leader and a statesman , in whose wisdom and ...
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... things . Said Mr. WEB- STER- " When I attend upon the preaching of the Gospel , I wish to have it made a personal matter - a personal matter — A PERSONAL MATTER ! " It is to present him as enforcing these divine lessons of wisdom and ...
... things . Said Mr. WEB- STER- " When I attend upon the preaching of the Gospel , I wish to have it made a personal matter - a personal matter — A PERSONAL MATTER ! " It is to present him as enforcing these divine lessons of wisdom and ...
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... things earthly . Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth . These remain . Whatever of excellence is wrought into the soul itself , be- longs to both worlds . Real goodness does not attach itself merely to ...
... things earthly . Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth . These remain . Whatever of excellence is wrought into the soul itself , be- longs to both worlds . Real goodness does not attach itself merely to ...
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... thing to hope for ; or else , as life is advancing to its close , all is heart - sinking and oppression . Depend upon it , whatever may be the mind of an old man , old age is only really happy when , on feeling the enjoyments of his woe ...
... thing to hope for ; or else , as life is advancing to its close , all is heart - sinking and oppression . Depend upon it , whatever may be the mind of an old man , old age is only really happy when , on feeling the enjoyments of his woe ...
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... thing which concerns us closely , as a Historical Society , in connection with DANIEL WEBSTER'S name . What , sir , is the greatest and most enduring of historical monuments ? Is it edifices of stone ? Is it cities , empires , or even ...
... thing which concerns us closely , as a Historical Society , in connection with DANIEL WEBSTER'S name . What , sir , is the greatest and most enduring of historical monuments ? Is it edifices of stone ? Is it cities , empires , or even ...
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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 Grand Marshal 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 rendered republic requested resolutions Resolved respect SAMUEL OSGOOD Senate sentiment Society solemn sorrow soul spirit statesman STER sympathy TAMMANY HALL thought tion tribute truth Union United uttered whole wisdom words York York Historical Society
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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 242 - 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 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 ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original...
Página 130 - 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 175 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
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 144 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Página 123 - The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Página 168 - ... revolutionary war, shrunk from no danger, no toil, no sacrifice, to serve his country, and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, may my name and the name of my posterity be blotted forever from the memory of mankind ! [Mr.
Página 144 - III. .TOR, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water...