An Unofficial Statesman--Robert C. OgdenDoubleday, Page, 1924 - 275 pages |
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Page 10 - Bring me men to match my mountains ; Bring me men to match my plains, — Men with empires in their purpose, And new eras in their brains.
Page 180 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. And the second i* like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 25 - At the piping of all hands, When the judgment signal's spread — When the islands, and the lands, And the seas give up their dead, And the south and the north shall come ; When the sinner is betray'd, And the just man is afraid, Then Heaven be thy aid, Poor Tom.
Page 65 - It is understood that the within named and subscriber accepts it, upon his word of honor that he is and will be ever loyal to the United States ; and if hereafter found in arms against the Union, or in any way aiding her enemies, the penalty will be death.
Page 65 - Greeting; We, reposing especial trust and confidence, as well in your patriotism, conduct and loyalty, as in your integrity and readiness to do us good and faithful service, have appointed and constituted, and by these presents do appoint and constitute, you, the said William B.
Page 182 - Alas ! and did my Saviour bleed ? And did my Sovereign die ? Would he devote that sacred head For such a worm as I...
Page 19 - Executor of this my last will and Testament. Witness my hand and seal this day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Eight.
Page 10 - Through the Conference for Education in the South he touched the great hearts of the North and the South, and put upon the nation's conscience a universal need. All this was done so quietly, so simply, that we wonder still at the results. Not by persuasion, not by fanatical insistence, but by the contagion of his own personal devotion he rallied men from every section, from every walk or station in life, rich and poor, high and lowly, white and black, to the cause which he advocated.
Page 152 - The rich and the poor meet together, and the Lord is the maker of them all.
Page 247 - We were led to this largely as the result of a most extraordinarily interesting report issued by Dr. Jesse Jones...