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Page 74 - They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why ; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty; A stubborn race, fearing and flattering none.
Page 75 - Filled with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new color as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Page 30 - Fare thee well! and if for ever, Still for ever, fare thee well: Even though unforgiving, never 'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel. Would that breast were bared before thee Where thy head so oft hath lain, While that placid sleep came o'er thee Which thou ne'er canst know again: Would that breast, by thee glanced over, Every inmost thought could show!
Page 70 - BRIGHT flag at yonder tapering mast. Fling out your field of azure blue ; Let star and stripe be westward cast, And point as Freedom's eagle flew! Strain home ! O lithe and quivering spars ! Point home, my country's flag of stars ! The wind blows fair, the vessel feels The pressure of the rising breeze, And, swiftest of a thousand keels.
Page 107 - ... rare appearance — an appearance of which his and every nation may well be proud, a magnificent specimen of youthful German strength; alas, such as the nation whose descendants hold a dominant position in the civilized world, rarely sends over to her granddaughter, America, although the latter above all others, is deserving of this friendly family visit; since she, the freest nation upon earth, has proved herself at the same time the most liberal toward Germany, and has paid with interest the...
Page 28 - ... American nature comething purely practical, which distinguishes us from all nations on earth- namely, a good degree of sound reason and common sense."28 Finally a passage from Wahlverwandtschaften, though apparently full of contradictions, will reflect another side of our national character : 29"A truly strange people ! — the roughest, most sober, most inaccessible, repulsive, kind, importunate, taciturn, loquacious people — which, ten minutes after being repulsed, again overloads you with...
Page 28 - Wahlverwandtschaften, pt. I, pp. 122-124. before, scornful and suspicious, would not grant you a word, will suddenly astonish you by his loquacity, and ultimately drive you to despair by the same means. Ask him a question about one of our railroads, and you will have the history of railroads and everything pertaining thereto from the infancy of Tubalcain, the first artificer of iron, down to Stephenson. You are lucky if, upon a second question concerning our good City of Manhattan, you have not to...
Page 96 - When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinion of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Page 97 - a prince whose character is marked by every act which may define a tyrant' and one 'unfit to be the ruler of a free people'.
Page 209 - Ill, pp. 361-362. without this business character — this Roman character. The word itself is replete with strength. Tyranny trembles at the mere word gravity, resoluteness, strength of character. This is what I mean by gravity in business matters and character; the gravity of a people in executing with consistency its objects, unbaffled by impediments, whatever they may be ... This noble feature ... in the character of our people, promises an eminent future.