American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 5William Richard Cutter Pub. under the direction of the American historical society, 1919 |
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Page 9 - The policy of the government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire.
Page 106 - Henceforth I shall know That Nature ne'er deserts the wise and pure; No plot so narrow, be but Nature there, No waste so vacant, but may well employ Each faculty of sense, and keep the heart Awake to Love and Beauty!
Page 107 - The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Page 284 - His lectures not only at the School itself but for the Forums in New England and elsewhere through the country, have emphasized the need of applying the principles of the Brotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God...
Page 144 - ... popularity was established and he was nominated for governor and elected, receiving the largest popular vote that had ever been cast for a candidate to that office. A close student of the times and far in advance as to the trend of public affairs, he anticipated civil war and bent all his energies in putting the state in a position to promptly meet any emergency. His purpose was declared in his inaugural address. He not only sought to place the militia of Massachusetts in thorough preparation...
Page 290 - Surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City for twentythree years.
Page 144 - ... 1861, was issued, he was ready with five infantry regiments, a battalion of riflemen, and a battery, and they were despatched to the defence of Washington. One of these regiments, the famous 6th Massachusetts, was assailed by a mob in passing through Baltimore. This regiment was the first to touch the southern soil and the first to sprinkle it with its blood. Governor Andrew was equally active in responding to all subsequent calls for troops and in caring for the sick and wounded in the field,...
Page 246 - ... circumstances. The successful men of the day are they who have planned their own advancement and have accomplished it in spite of many obstacles and with a certainty that could have been attained only through their own efforts. This class of men has a worthy representative...
Page 138 - Texas 1845-46; and in Mexico at the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, San Antonio, Churubusco and Moline del Ray.
Page 255 - Bowdoin College five, University of Wisconsin five, Brown University three. Colby University three, Williams College two, and Middlebury College one. The records of the Colleges of Heraldry in England show that a coat-of-arms was granted to Peter Dodge, of Stockworth, county of Chester, in 1306, and later a patent to John Dodge, of Rotham, in the county of Kent, in 1546. It is declared that he was descended from Peter Dodge, of Stockworth. The name is found frequently in various sections of England,...