There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy.
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
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…
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 …
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…
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.
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…
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.
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