Self-made MenHarper, 1858 - 588 páginas |
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... observation and comparison of words , termina- tions , and phrases . " In the autumn of 1792 Murray's ambition took a new direc- tion . His imagination had become inflamed by reading the clas- sic poets and Milton , and he believed ...
... observation and comparison of words , termina- tions , and phrases . " In the autumn of 1792 Murray's ambition took a new direc- tion . His imagination had become inflamed by reading the clas- sic poets and Milton , and he believed ...
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... observation . So far as this relates to navigation , the credit is almost entirely due to Lieut . Maury , a gentleman whose persevering efforts , continued through a course of years , have enabled him to furnish results which are of the ...
... observation . So far as this relates to navigation , the credit is almost entirely due to Lieut . Maury , a gentleman whose persevering efforts , continued through a course of years , have enabled him to furnish results which are of the ...
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... observation , and enabled him so far to verify his theories of navigation that he felt justified , upon his return home , in putting to press a volume comprising the results of the investigations he had already undertaken . The entire ...
... observation , and enabled him so far to verify his theories of navigation that he felt justified , upon his return home , in putting to press a volume comprising the results of the investigations he had already undertaken . The entire ...
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... observations took the form of a record of reliable results . Mr. Maury's knowledge of astronomical science also led him to a series of investigations in that department of research , with a view to correct the prevailing methods of ...
... observations took the form of a record of reliable results . Mr. Maury's knowledge of astronomical science also led him to a series of investigations in that department of research , with a view to correct the prevailing methods of ...
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... observations with the pen and the press . His first attempt was to effect a reform in the navy of the United States , by pointing out the evils of which he had been an attentive observer . A series of articles published in the Southern ...
... observations with the pen and the press . His first attempt was to effect a reform in the navy of the United States , by pointing out the evils of which he had been an attentive observer . A series of articles published in the Southern ...
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Página 205 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable, and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir ; let it come ! ! ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Página 205 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Página 120 - There goes many a ship to sea, with many hundred souls in one ship, whose weal and woe is common, and is a true picture of a commonwealth, or a human combination or society. It hath fallen out sometimes that both Papists and Protestants, Jews and Turks, may be embarked in one ship...
Página 59 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. . What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul! can this be death?
Página 205 - Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
Página 103 - My desire is, that all the instructors and teachers in the College shall take pains to instill into the minds of the scholars the purest principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, they may from inclination and habit, evince benevolence towards their fellow creatures, and a love of truth, sobriety, and industry, adopting at the same time such religious tenets as their matured reason may enable them to prefer.
Página 120 - ... should preach or write that there ought to be no commanders or officers, because all are equal in Christ, therefore no masters nor officers, no laws nor orders, no corrections nor punishments ; I say, I never denied, but in such cases, whatever is pretended, the commander or commanders may judge, resist, compel and punish such transgressors, according to their deserts and merits.
Página 222 - The Body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding,) lies here food for worms. Yet the Work itself shall not be lost ; for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful Edition, corrected and amended by the Author.
Página 256 - ... them, moreover, to tell how much work it has done, as a clock records the beats of its pendulum ; it regulates the quantity of steam admitted to work, the briskness of the fire, the supply of water to the boiler, the supply of coals to the fire ; it opens and shuts its valves with absolute precision as to time and manner ; it oils its joints ; it takes out any air which may accidentally enter into parts...
Página 120 - I further add, that I never denied, that notwithstanding this liberty, the commander of this ship ought to command the ship's course; yea, and also command that justice, peace and sobriety be kept and practiced, both among the seamen and all the passengers.