Publications, Volume 5

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Old State House, 1908 - Boston (Mass.)
 

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Page 114 - This is not the movement of a turbulent populace, excited by the fresh laurels of some recent conqueror. It is a grave, moral, intellectual impulse. "A whole people in the enjoyment of freedom as perfect as the condition of our nature permits, recur with gratitude, increasing...
Page 114 - The citizens of Boston welcome you on your return to the United States, — mindful of your early zeal in the cause of American Independence, grateful for your distinguished share in the perils and glories of its achievement. When, urged by a generous sympathy, you first landed on these shores, you found a people engaged in an arduous and eventful struggle for liberty, with apparently inadequate means, and amidst dubious omens.
Page 114 - In your youth you joined the standard of three millions of people, raised in an unequal and uncertain conflict. In your advanced age you return and are met by ten millions of people, their descendants, whose hearts throng hither to greet your approach and rejoice in it.
Page 106 - ACRES' streamers fly; And, for Columbia, gallant HULL's, As proudly and as high. Now louder rings the battle din, More thick the volumes pour; Still they ride, side by side, While the bell'wing thunders roar, While the cannon's fire is flashing fast, And the bell'wing thunders roar.
Page 115 - The emotions of love and gratitude, which I have been accustomed to feel on my entering this city, have ever mingled with a sense of religious reverence for the cradle of American, and let me hope it will hereafter be said of Universal liberty.
Page 107 - And ne'er to gallant mariners Did braver seamen yield. Proud be the sires, whose hardy boys, Then fell, to fight no more: With the brave, 'mid the wave, When the cannon's thunders roar, Their spirits then shall trim the blast, And swell the thunder's roar. Vain were the cheers of Britons, Their hearts did vainly swell, Where virtue, skill, and bravery With gallant Morris fell. That heart, so well in battle tried, Along the Moorish shore...
Page 93 - of the " Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS " was laid by " His Excellency SAMUEL ADAMS, Esq., " Governor of said Commonwealth, "Assisted by the Most Worshipful PAUL REVERE, Grand Master, and the Right- Worshipful WILLIAM...
Page 61 - Al all events, I will provide for them in a manner suitable to their birth, and the grateful sentiments I shall ever feel for the memory of my friend.
Page 115 - LAFAYETTE, is associated with the most perilous, and most glorious periods of our Revolution ; — with the imperishable names of Washington, and of that numerous host of heroes which adorn the proudest archives of American history, and are engraven in indelible traces on the hearts of the whole American people. " Accept then, Sir, in the sincere spirit in which it is offered, this simple tribute to your virtues. " Again, Sir, the citizens of Boston bid you welcome to the cradle of American Independence,...
Page 60 - that my late worthy friend General Warren left his affairs unsettled, and that, after paying his debts, a very small matter, if any thing, would remain for the education of his children, who, to my great surprise, I find have been entirely neglected by the State.

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