"There were speeches made in Congress in the……" — Edward Everett
"There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy."
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24 Quotes by Edward Everett
Edward Everett has 24 quotes on this site.
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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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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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Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive.
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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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