 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1849 - 612 sivua
...disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost...then self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, out-running the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 sivua
...disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost...then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outmnning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 sivua
...lives, and the fate of their wives, their children and their country, hang on the decision of the 8 hour. Then, words have lost their power ; rhetoric...elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself, 10 higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent: then, selfdevotion is eloquent. The clear conception,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 sivua
...disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost...then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 sivua
...disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost...then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1852 - 324 sivua
...own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of an hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric...higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent; then, selfderotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deduction of logic, the high purpose,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 sivua
...disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost...elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then fcels rebuked and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent ; then,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1852 - 612 sivua
...disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, und their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric i * vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked and subdued,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853
...disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost...then self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 130 sivua
...disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost...higher qualities. Then patriotism is eloquent ; then self devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose,... | |
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The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech shock and disgust men when their own lives and the fate of their wives, their children and their country hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their... 
