Selected Addresses and Orations of William F. VilasPrivate Distribution, 1912 - 254 pages |
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ADDRESS affairs aims ambition Andrew Jackson arms army Bachelor of Laws Bryant career cation character civilization client Congress consin courage court daring Dean DECORATION DAY deeds demand denied devo devotion duty earth EDWIN E enemy enjoy esteem faithful fame farmer fathers fellow field forever glorious glory GROVER CLEVELAND hand happy heart heaven honor hope human intelligence IROQUOIS Jackson justice justly labor Lake Michigan land lawyer learning liberty manhood mankind Marquette ment mind Mississippi nature never noble oration patriotism peace perfect peril political President principles profes profession professional prosperity renown republic rest rich rience secure Senators sion social society soldiers sometimes soul spirit strife tender thought tion toil true Union United States Senate University University of Wisconsin vidual Vilas WILLIAM F Wisconsin wisdom wrought youth zens
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Page 230 - But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage And froze the genial current of the soul.
Page 221 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 221 - When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung : By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.
Page 129 - There is probably not a man, woman or child, whose interest or comfort has not been in some degree subserved by them. They bring to our doors the productions of the earth. They enable us to anticipate and protract the seasons. They enable the inhabitants of each clime to enjoy the pleasures and luxuries of all.
Page 219 - These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Page 129 - They scatter the productions of the press and literature broadcast through the country with amazing rapidity. There is scarcely a want, wish or aspiration of the human heart, which they do not in some measure help to gratify. They promote the pleasures of social life and of friendship; they bring the skilled physician swiftly from a distance to attend the sick and the wounded, and enable the absent friend to be present at the bedside of the dying. They have more than realized the fabulous conception...
Page 160 - I have witnessed since my sickness just what I have wished to see ever since the war; harmony and good feeling between the sections.
Page 188 - Marquette, the faithful missionary, whose work among the Indians and explorations within the borders of said State in early days are recognized all over the civilized world.
Page 153 - OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK : These gentlemen, my associates here present, whose voice I am honored with authority to utter, are a committee appointed by the National Democratic Convention which recently assembled in Chicago, and charged with the grateful duty of acquainting you, officially and in that solemn and ceremonious manner which the dignity and importance of the communication demand, with the interesting result of its deliberations, already known to you through the ordinary channels of news....
Page 154 - They have observed with attention your execution of the public trust you have held, especially of that with which you are now so honorably invested. They place their reliance for the usefulness of the services they expect to exact for the benefit of the Nation, upon the evidence derived from the services you have performed for the State of New York. They invite the electors to such proofs of character and competence, to justify their confidence that in the Nation, as heretofore in the State, the...