"Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends……" — Edward Everett
"Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive."
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Edward Everett
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24 Quotes by Edward Everett
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There is no sanctuary of virtue like a home.
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I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the…
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I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.
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The evil, Sir, is enormous; the inevitable suffering incalculable. Do not stain the fair fame of the country. . .…
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And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do.
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I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion,…
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In conformity with these designs on the city of Washington, and notwithstanding the disastrous results of the invasion of 1862,…
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In Italy, on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original…
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There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as…
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The man who stands upon his own soil, who feels, by the laws of the land in which he lives,-by…
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General Reynolds immediately found himself engaged with a force which greatly outnumbered his own, and had scarcely made his dispositions…
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It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed…
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The forgiveness of God is one thing, but the proof that we want that forgiveness is the energy we expend…
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Like the Puritans, live in terms of the settled judgement that the joy of heaven will make amends of any…
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It is not your right—based on YOUR traditions, YOUR customs and YOUR habits—to deny animals THEIR freedom so you can…
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All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.
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Having looked the past in the eye, having asked for forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door…
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Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some…
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It is vain for us to pray while conscious that we have injured another. Let us first make amends to…
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If I have done wrong to another person, the correct course of action is to apologize and make amends to…
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