Letters on National Subjects, Auxiliary to Universal Education, and Scientific Knowledge: Addressed to Burwell Bassett, Late a Member of the House of Representatives, and James Monroe, President of the United States of Americaauthor, 1820 - 60 páginas |
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... thing may be only proposed and understood aright , tens of thousands of citizens would volunteer their services both for state and national selections . If in a few extra cases , the bulk of articles , should require expense , may not a ...
... thing may be only proposed and understood aright , tens of thousands of citizens would volunteer their services both for state and national selections . If in a few extra cases , the bulk of articles , should require expense , may not a ...
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... thing but revolution and war , as to furnish no fulcrum on which the lever of public in- terest may rest , and by which measures for national good and honor may be put in motion ? Let who will be the first Ame rican to believe this ...
... thing but revolution and war , as to furnish no fulcrum on which the lever of public in- terest may rest , and by which measures for national good and honor may be put in motion ? Let who will be the first Ame rican to believe this ...
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... things in a focus before them , is worthy their candid attention and cordial sup- port ; -Is not this advantage to be obtained by the simple ex . pense of a museum which would pay its charge of building , by a small price for admission ...
... things in a focus before them , is worthy their candid attention and cordial sup- port ; -Is not this advantage to be obtained by the simple ex . pense of a museum which would pay its charge of building , by a small price for admission ...
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... thing good or useful . But , as the national scale will be ex- tensive , the levying of a triffing duty in case of no specimen being produced , would add to the fund ; I am , however , inclined to doubt the propriety even of any ...
... thing good or useful . But , as the national scale will be ex- tensive , the levying of a triffing duty in case of no specimen being produced , would add to the fund ; I am , however , inclined to doubt the propriety even of any ...
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... thing more glorious ? " Solon , feeling nothing but contempt , for the guilded toys and playthings of a court , answered , " yes ! cocks , peacocks and pheasants . " This re- ply prevented his being retained at the palace , which he ...
... thing more glorious ? " Solon , feeling nothing but contempt , for the guilded toys and playthings of a court , answered , " yes ! cocks , peacocks and pheasants . " This re- ply prevented his being retained at the palace , which he ...
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Página 40 - He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Página 30 - Of all that live, and move, and breathe, Man only rises o'er his birth ; He looks above, around, beneath, At once the heir of heaven and earth : Force, cunning, speed, which nature gave The various tribes throughout her plan, Life to enjoy, from death to save, — These are the lowest powers of man. From strength to strength he travels on : He leaves the lingering brute behind ; And when a few short years are gone, He soars a disembodied mind : Beyond the grave his course sublime Destined through...
Página 30 - ... to strength he travels on; He leaves the lingering Brute behind And when a few short years are gone, He soars, a disembodied mind. Destined his future course sublime Through nobler, brighter paths to run; With him, the final end of time, Is but eternity begun. What guides him in his high persuit, Opens, illumines, cheers his way? Discerns th' immortal from the brute, God's image from the mould of clay? 'Tis knowledge, knowledge of the soul, Is power and liberty and peace; And, while the celestial...
Página 30 - Reigns through the deep with quenchless rage ; Parent and young, unweaned from blood, Are still the same from age to age. Of all that live, and move, and breathe, Man only rises o'er his birth ; He looks above, around, beneath, At once the heir of heaven and earth : Force, cunning, speed, which Nature gave The various tribes throughout her plan, Life to enjoy, from death to save, These are the lowest powers of Man. From strength to strength...
Página 40 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Página 18 - The Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, mindful of the benefits which the City of London received in her ample share in the...
Página 19 - I was looking at the map of NORTH COLUMBIA, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. Under an introversion of mind arising from this view of the nation, I...