Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the labor interests, an...d the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"I am innocent, Long live France! I am innocent," Dreyfus kept repeating, over and over, while they reviled him. All he needed was... a crown of thorns.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the m...ask from the face of the Pharisee is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No one can understand Paris and its history who does not understand that its fierceness is the balance and justification of its fr...ivolity. It is called a city of pleasure; but it may also very specially be called a city of pain. The crown of roses is also a crown of thorns. Its people are too prone to hurt others, but quite ready also to hurt themselves. They are martyrs for religion, they are martyrs for irreligion; they are even martyrs for immorality.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
All pathways by His feet are worn, His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea;... His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn; His cross is every tree.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I ... walked to the Abbey of Holyroodhouse once to the Palace itself, once to the crown of Scotland above the gate in front, and o...nce to the venerable old Chapel. I next stood in the court before the Palace, and bowed thrice to Arthur Seat, that lofty romantic mountain on which I have so often strayed in my days of youth and felt the raptures of a soul filled with ideas of the magnificence of God and his creation. Having thus gratified my agreeable whim and superstitious humour, I felt a warm glow of satisfaction.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As to Mr. Lincoln's name and fame and memory,--all is safe. His firmness, moderation, goodness of heart; his quaint humor, his per...fect honesty and directness of purpose; his logic his modesty his sound judgment, and great wisdom; the contrast between his obscure beginnings and the greatness of his subsequent position and achievements; his tragic death, giving him almost the crown of martyrdom, elevate him to a place in history second to none other of ancient or modern times. His success in his great office, his hold upon the confidence and affections of his countrymen, we shall all say are only second to Washington's; we shall probably feel and think that they are not second even to his.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »