Edward Everett ( 3 of 3 )
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
The character, the counsels, and example of our
Washington . . . they will guide us through the doubts read more
The character, the counsels, and example of our
Washington . . . they will guide us through the doubts and
difficulties that beset us; they will guide our children and our
children's children in the paths of prosperity and peace, while
America shall hold her place in the family of nations.
You shall not pile, with servile toil,
Your monuments upon my breast,
Nor yet within the common read more
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,
Where man can boast that he has trod
On him that was "the scourge of God."
