Speeches, Correspondence, Etc., of the Late Daniel S. Dickinson of New York: Including: Addresses on Important Public Topics: Speeches in the State and United States Senate, and in Support of the Government During the Rebellion; Correspondence, Private and Political (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Dickinson), Poems (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Mygatt), Etc, Volume 1G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1867 |
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... enable them to go beyond the facilities afforded by the common schools , and those of a sys- tem then in its infancy . By making the most of these , how- 2 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . ever , aided by home instruction 1 VINGOL BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
... enable them to go beyond the facilities afforded by the common schools , and those of a sys- tem then in its infancy . By making the most of these , how- 2 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . ever , aided by home instruction 1 VINGOL BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
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... common , and in select schools , a considerable portion of the time up to 1825. The employment was congenial , and he was both popular and successful as a teacher . During this time he learned , without an instructor , the art of land ...
... common , and in select schools , a considerable portion of the time up to 1825. The employment was congenial , and he was both popular and successful as a teacher . During this time he learned , without an instructor , the art of land ...
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... common sense . His course in the Senate was so well approved that the Dem- ocratic State Convention of 1840 nominated him for Lieutenant Governor . The election was that at which Mr. Van Buren ran , as the Democratic candidate , for ...
... common sense . His course in the Senate was so well approved that the Dem- ocratic State Convention of 1840 nominated him for Lieutenant Governor . The election was that at which Mr. Van Buren ran , as the Democratic candidate , for ...
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... common country have inspired us . * * # * " In the trying crisis through which the country , and we may add the cause of the world's freedom and of republicanism , is now passing , the state of New York is most fortunate in being ...
... common country have inspired us . * * # * " In the trying crisis through which the country , and we may add the cause of the world's freedom and of republicanism , is now passing , the state of New York is most fortunate in being ...
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... common territory ; as an assumption of power subversive of the principles of the federal compact , because destroying the equal privileges of citizens of the different States ; while those of more ultra views contended that the ...
... common territory ; as an assumption of power subversive of the principles of the federal compact , because destroying the equal privileges of citizens of the different States ; while those of more ultra views contended that the ...
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Page 113 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war...
Page 653 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw...
Page 175 - ... the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country ; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Page 242 - Faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 620 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No, — men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a state...
Page 566 - 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.
Page 559 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Page 725 - He hath disgraced me, and hindered me of half a million ; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies ; and what's his reason ? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?
Page 378 - But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap...
Page 292 - Territory shall be subject to pay a part of the Federal debts, contracted or to be contracted, and a proportional part of the expenses of government, to be apportioned on them by Congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other States...