At daybreak, watched by the red and vigilant eye of the sun, before she sowed the corn, she called on the Lord Jesus Christ, turni...ng to the east, called on the Angels of Guinea, turning to the south, called on the Spirits of the Dead, turning to the South, and she called on the Saints, turning to the north; she told them all, throwing the seeds in the four sacred directions: Jesus Christ, the Angels, the Dead, the Saints, here is the corn I give you, give me in return the courage to work and the satisfaction of reaping.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of Stat...es. The control which, with Florida, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
This is peace with dignity. This is peace with commitment. This is our gift to our peoples and the generations to come.... It will... be real, as we open our hearts and minds to each other.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea?" O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the he...avenly host crying "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"What," it will be questioned, "When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea?" O no, no, I see a...n innumerable company of the heavenly host crying "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I see every thing I paint in this world, but everybody does not see alike. To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than ...the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The gulf between employers and the employed is constantly widening, and classes are rapidly forming, one comprising the very rich ...and powerful, while in another are found the toiling poor. As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel. Corporations, which should be the carefully-restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people's masters.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Indeed, I believe that in the future, when we shall have seized again, as we will seize if we are true to ourselves, our own fair ...part of commerce upon the sea, and when we shall have again our appropriate share of South American trade, that these railroads from St. Louis, touching deep harbors on the gulf, and communicating there with lines of steamships, shall touch the ports of South America and bring their tribute to you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »