Baltimore: Biography

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Clayton Colman Hall
Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912 - Baltimore (Md.)
 

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Page 252 - He was one of the founders and the first president of the Ethnological Society of America : and from 1843 to his death he was president of the New York Historical Society.
Page 25 - For myself, as a citizen of the United States, and without closing my eyes to our shortcomings as a nation, I say, with a deep sense of pride and gratitude, that I belong to a country where the civil government holds over us the aegis of its protection, without interfering with us in the legitimate exercise of our sublime mission as ministers of the Gospel of Christ.
Page 78 - For a number of years he served as a member of the Board of Managers and at the time of his death was third vice-president of the Society.
Page 340 - Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new: That which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do...
Page 89 - Prosector to the Chair of Anatomy in the Medical Department of the University.
Page 196 - Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.
Page 25 - Peace, plenty, love, truth, terror, That were the servants to this chosen infant, Shall then be his, and like a vine grow to him ; Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations...
Page 376 - Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful...
Page 179 - This is but the natural result of causes which are manifest and require no explanation. The ability and training which qualify one to practice law, also qualify him in many respects for duties which lie outside the strict path of his profession and which touch the general interests of society.

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