General Reynolds immediately found himself engaged with a force which greatly outnumbered his own, and had scarcely made his dispositions for the action when he fell, mortally wounded, at the head of his advance. Edward Everett More Quotes by Edward Everett More Quotes From Edward Everett There is no sanctuary of virtue like a home. Edward Everett virtue sanctuary home In Italy, on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original elements, - into hostile atoms, whose only movement was that of mutual repulsion. Edward Everett atoms elements break-up I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes. Edward Everett war two ideas And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do. Edward Everett grace-of-god grace should The man who stands upon his own soil, who feels, by the laws of the land in which he lives,-by the laws of civilized nations,-he is the rightful and exclusive owner of the land which he tills, is, by the constitution of our nature, under a wholesome influence, not easily imbibed from any other source. Edward Everett land law men Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive. Edward Everett glowing toil suffering It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner. Edward Everett citizens battle law The heart of the People, North and South, is for the Union. Edward Everett unions heart people You shall not pile, with servile toil, Your monuments upon my breast, Nor yet within the common soil, Lay down the wreck of power to rest... Edward Everett soil wrecks toil Drop a grain of California gold into the ground, and there it will lie unchanged until the end of time; . . . drop a grain of our blessed gold [wheat] into the ground and lo! a mystery. Edward Everett california blessed lying God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence. Edward Everett bravery men blood Truth travels down from the heights of philosophy to the humblest walks of life, and up from the simplest perceptions of an awakened intellect to the discoveries which almost change the face of the world. At every stage of its progress it is genial, luminous, creative. Edward Everett truth discovery philosophy When every brake hath found its note, and sunshine smiles in every flower. Edward Everett sunshine flower spring Beneath a free government there is nothing but the intelligence of the people to keep the people's peace. Order must be preserved, not by a military police or regiments of horse-guards, but by the spontaneous concert of a well-informed population, resolved that the rights which have been rescued from despotism shall not be subverted by anarchy. Edward Everett horse military order A great character, founded on the living rock of principle is, in fact, not a solitary phenomenon, to be at once perceived, limited, and described. It is a dispensation of Providence, designed to have not merely an immediate, but a continuous, progressive, and never-ending agency. It survives the man who possessed it; survives his age,--and perhaps, his country, his language. Edward Everett character men country An earthly immortality belongs to a great and good character. History embalms it; it lives in its moral influence, in its authority, in its example, in the memory of the words and deeds in which it was manifested; and as every age adds to the illustrations of its efficacy, it may chance to be the best understood by a remote posterity. Edward Everett illustration character memories There is no sanctuary of virtue like home. Edward Everett like virtue sanctuary home And now the momentous day, a day to be forever remembered in the annals of the country, arrived. Early in the morning on the 1st of July the conflict began. Edward Everett day conflict morning country Not a moment had been lost by General Hooker in the pursuit of Lee. Edward Everett general been moment lost That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter. Edward Everett great battle doubt impossible
