Autobiography: Memories and Experiences of Moncure Daniel Conway, Volume 1 |
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Page 313 - is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend ' it.
Page 384 - That the only purpose for which power can be rightly exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant,
Page 309 - in these terms : — No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere within any State with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labour or service by the laws of said
Page 309 - There is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence,— the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to them as the white man.
Page 12 - Come let us anew Our journey pursue, Roll round with the year And never stand still till the Master appear. His adorable will Let us gladly fulfil, And our talents improve By the patience of hope, and the labour of love.
Page 384 - the end of man, or that which is prescribed by the eternal or immutable dictates of reason, and not suggested by vague and transient desires, is the highest and most harmonious development of his powers to a complete and consistent whole.
Page 332 - The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken ; but on whomsoever
Page 363 - Blow ye the trumpet, blow The gladly solemn sound: Let all the nations know, To earth's remotest bound, The year of jubilee is come; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home
Page 384 - Sphere and Duties of Government." "The grand, leading principle," says Humboldt, " towards which every argument unfolded in these pages directly converges, is the absolute and essential importance of human development in its richest diversity.
Page 33 - not," the angel cried (for dread Had seized their troubled mind), " Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind.