Ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statue of Benjamin Franklin, June 14, 1899: presented to the city of Philadelphia by Mr. Justus C. Strawbridge |
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Page 37 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, THAT GOD GOVERNS IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 29 - was more universal than that of Leibnitz or Newton, Frederick or Voltaire ; and his character more beloved and esteemed than any or all of them. * * His name was familiar to government and people, to kings, courtiers, nobility, clergy, and philosophers, as well as plebeians, to such a degree that there was scarcely a peasant or a citizen, a valet de chambre, coachman or footman, a lady's chambermaid or a scullion in a kitchen, who was not familiar with it, and who did not consider him a friend to...
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Page 38 - often and often in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun.
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Page 38 - Whilst the last members were signing, Doctor FRANKLIN, looking towards the President's chair, at the back of which a rising sun happened to be painted, observed to a few members near him, that painters had found it difficult to distinguish in their art, a rising, from a setting, sun. I have, said he, often and often, in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President, without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting:...
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| Title | Ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statue of Benjamin Franklin, June 14, 1899: presented to the city of Philadelphia by Mr. Justus C. Strawbridge |
| Author | Justus C. Strawbridge |
| Publisher | Allen, 1899 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jul 17, 2007 |
| Length | 58 pages |
| Subjects | Franklin Statue (Philadelphia, Pa.) Franklin statue Franklin statue (Philadelphia, Pa.) Memorial rites and ceremonies Philadelphia (Pa.) Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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