In Italy, on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original elements, - into hostile atoms, whose only movement was that of mutual repulsion.
Agriculture seems to be the first pursuit of civilized man. It enables him to escape from the life of the savage, and wandering shepherd, into that o… - Edward Everett
Agriculture seems to be the first pursuit of civilized man. It enables him to escape from the life of the savage, and wandering shepherd, into that o…
- Edward Everett
And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do. - Edward Everett
And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do.
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the recruiting … - Edward Everett
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the recruiting …
Literature is the voice of the age and the state; the character, energy, and resources of the country are reflected and imaged forth in the conceptio… - Edward Everett
Literature is the voice of the age and the state; the character, energy, and resources of the country are reflected and imaged forth in the conceptio…
I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes. - Edward Everett
I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.
I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and admiration to the … - Edward Everett
I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and admiration to the …
There is no sanctuary of virtue like a home. - Edward Everett
There is no sanctuary of virtue like a home.
Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone lead to a p… - Edward Everett
Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone lead to a p…
We are blessed with a faith, which calls into action the whole intellectual man; which prescribes a reasonable service; which challenges the investig… - Edward Everett
We are blessed with a faith, which calls into action the whole intellectual man; which prescribes a reasonable service; which challenges the investig…
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