 | 1838 - 588 pages
...generous blood like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage ; wheresoever among men a heart shall be found, that...aspirations shall be to claim kindred with thy spirit. ' WEUTEK. THERE is a mournful pleasure in turning aside from the active duties of life — in forgetting... | |
 | 1840 - 554 pages
...or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! — Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure...aspirations shall be to claim kindred with thy spirit ! But the scene amidst which we stand does not permit us to confine our thoughts or our sympathies... | |
 | Henry Stuart Foote - 1841 - 426 pages
...one, whom thou knowest well, has declared in relation to the famed Hero of Bunker Hill : ' Wherever among men a heart shall be found that beats to the...aspirations shall be to claim kindred with thy spirit.' Besides all this, examine the issue of our War for Independence ; scrutinize the civil institutions... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1842 - 326 pages
...freedom or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! Our poor work may perish; but thine shall endure!...level with the sea; but thy memory shall not fail! " It will be observed in reading this passage, that the Orator, after speaking of the " first great... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1843 - 48 pages
...or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name!—Our poor work may perish; but thine shall endure! This...aspirations shall be to claim kindred with thy spirit! and the sky, on which you closed your eyes, was cloudless. •' But the scene amidst which we stand... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! — Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure...aspirations shall be to claim kindred with thy spirit. But the scene amid which we stand does not permit us to confine our thoughts or our sympathies to those... | |
 | 1845 - 564 pages
...or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! — Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure...aspirations shall be to claim kindred with thy spirit ! But the scene amidst which we stand does not permit us to confine our thoughts or our sympathies... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 662 pages
...freedom or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure!...aspirations shall be to claim kindred with thy spirit! " But the scene, amidst which we stand, does not permit us to confine our thoughts, or our sympathies,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1848 - 524 pages
...or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name! — Our poor work may perish; but thine shall endure !...monument may moulder away ; the solid ground it rests upx>n may sink down to a level with the sea; but thy memory shall not fail! Wheresoever among men a... | |
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... falling ere he saw the star of his country rise; pouring out his generous blood like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage!— how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name!... 
