The Life and Letters of George Bancroft, Volume 2C. Scribner's Sons, 1908 George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe. Among his best-known writings is the magisterial series, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent. - Wikipedia. |
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Page 332 - HISTORY OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF EUROPE AND ITS COLONIES, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.
Page 151 - These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their country and its rights ; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof.
Page 308 - Good Master, you and I were born In "Teacup days" of hoop and hood, And when the silver cue hung down, And toasts were drunk, and wine was good ; When kin of mine (a jolly brood) From sideboards looked, and knew full well What courage they had given the beau, How generous made the blushing belle.
Page 119 - But history, as she reclines in the lap of eternity, sees the mind of humanity engaged in formative efforts, constructing sciences, promulgating laws, organizing commonwealths, and displaying its energies in the visible movement of its intelligence. Of all pursuits that require analysis, history, therefore, stands first. It is equal to philosophy; for as certainly as the actual bodies forth the ideal, so certainly does history contain philosophy. It is grander than the natural sciences ; for its...
Page 294 - ... a thousand several tunes, imitating and excelling the notes of all its rivals. The humming-bird, so brilliant in its plumage, and so delicate in its form, quick in motion, yet not fearing the presence of man, haunting about the flowers like the bee gathering honey, rebounding from the blossoms into which it dips its bill, and as soon returning 'to renew its many addresses to its delightful objects,' was ever admired as the smallest and the most beautiful of the feathered race.
Page 89 - Nous entrerons dans la carrière Quand nos aînés n'y seront plus ; Nous y trouverons leur poussière Et la trace de leurs vertus ! Bien moins jaloux de leur survivre Que de partager leur cercueil, Nous aurons le sublime orgueil De les venger ou de les suivre ! .... Aux armes, citoyens ! etc.
Page 26 - Should Her Majesty's Government entertain similar views, the Undersigned is prepared, on the part of the American Government, to propose that British ships may trade from any port in the world to any port in the United States, and be received, protected, and in respect to charges and duties, treated like American ships ; if reciprocally, American ships may in like manner trade from any port of the world to any port under the dominion of Her Britannic Majesty.
Page 308 - Lip service have I done, alack! I don't repent, but come what may, What ready lips, sir, I have kissed, Be sure at least I shall not say. Two honest gentlemen are we, — I Demi John, whole George are you; When Nature grew us one in years She meant to make a generous brew. She...
Page 322 - Each page of history may begin and end with Great is God and marvellous are his doings among the children of men; and I defy a man to penetrate the secrets and laws of events without something of faith. He may look on and see as it were the twinkling of stars and planets and measure their distances and motions; but the life of history will escape him. He may pile a heap of stones, he will not get at the soul.
Page 293 - The genial climate and transparent atmosphere delighted those who had come from the denser air of England. Every object in nature was new and wonderful. The loud and frequent thunder-storms were phenomena that had been rarely witnessed in the colder summers of the north ; the forests, majestic in their growth, and free from underwood, deserved admiration for their unrivalled magnificence...