Biography of Zadock Pratt, of Prattsville, N. Y.: To which are Appended a Portion of His Addresses, Letters, Congressional Reports, and SpeechesNahum Capen 1852 - 506 páginas |
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... furnished no more examples to be noted for the study of posterity than can be found scattered throughout the civilized world , in every society , in every class , profession and condition . In this view of the subject we are confirmed ...
... furnished no more examples to be noted for the study of posterity than can be found scattered throughout the civilized world , in every society , in every class , profession and condition . In this view of the subject we are confirmed ...
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... furnished no more examples to be noted for the study of posterity than can be found scattered throughout the civilized world , in every society , in every class , profession and condition . In this view of the subject we are confirmed ...
... furnished no more examples to be noted for the study of posterity than can be found scattered throughout the civilized world , in every society , in every class , profession and condition . In this view of the subject we are confirmed ...
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... furnished to encourage integrity , industry , and exalted philanthropy . We propose to give a plain history of a true man . We do not say a self - made one ; for this term , so common among writers , in our humble opinion , is an ...
... furnished to encourage integrity , industry , and exalted philanthropy . We propose to give a plain history of a true man . We do not say a self - made one ; for this term , so common among writers , in our humble opinion , is an ...
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... furnished to their hands . Consequently , the very longings and delights of the child were the first to disci- pline those powers and energies which in later life were to distinguish the man . Under the care and direction of that best ...
... furnished to their hands . Consequently , the very longings and delights of the child were the first to disci- pline those powers and energies which in later life were to distinguish the man . Under the care and direction of that best ...
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... furnish the variety that was desired in exchange for the wagon , he spent an entire day and night in manufactur- ing a saddle which was required to complete the balance . His industry and skill were made a never - failing source of ...
... furnish the variety that was desired in exchange for the wagon , he spent an entire day and night in manufactur- ing a saddle which was required to complete the balance . His industry and skill were made a never - failing source of ...
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agricultural American amount banks bark bill bushels Catskill cent character citizens Colonel Pratt Columbia county commerce committee Congress cubic foot Danish West Indies democratic departments duty elected employed enterprise erected establishment expense exports facts favor friends furnish gentleman from Mississippi gentlemen give granite Greene county happiness hemlock hides honor hundred important improvement increase industry institutions interests knowledge labor Lake Michigan land leather legislation live manner manufactures marble means mechanic ment miles millions Mind your Business never northern object party practical Prattsville present principles produce promote proper public buildings purpose received resolution respect revenue sections SEPTEMBER 30 slave slavery sloop of war society sole-leather southern Spencertown spirit square miles success tannery tanning Texas thousand dollars tion town trade treasury Union United Washington wealth whig white persons York Zadock Pratt
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Página 2 - We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.
Página 1 - I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful.
Página 269 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!
Página 264 - And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
Página 94 - Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever He had a chosen people, whose breasts He has made His peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.
Página 269 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Página 223 - The condition of human nature would be lamentable indeed, if nothing less than the greatest learning and talents, which fall to the share of so small a number of men, were sufficient to direct our judgment and our conduct. But Providence has taken better care of our happiness, and given us, in the simplicity of common sense, a rule for our direction, by which we shall never be misled.
Página 320 - The tanning of leather, more than almost any other manufacture, is a chemical process, the success of which depends almost wholly upon the skill and judgment with which its complicated manipulations are conducted. To attain the requisite skill in the laboratory of the chemist is evidently impossible ; it can only be acquired in the tanning itself, by long and careful attention and observation; and perhaps there is no description of manufacture where so much depends upon practical knowledge, and so...
Página 315 - Salted hides do not require more than two-thirds the time to soak, but generally rather longer to sweat. After the hides are prepared for tanning, the next process is what is commonly called " handling," which should be performed two or three times a day in a weak "ooze," until the grain is colored. New liquors, or a mixture of new and old, are preferable for Spanish or dry hides, — old liquor for slaughter.
Página 317 - ... in the admission of air in drying, when first hung up to dry. No more air than is sufficient to keep the sides from moulding should be allowed. Too much air, or, in other words, if dried too rapidly in a current of air, will injure the color, giving a darker hue, and rendering the leather harsh and brittle. To insure that the thick parts, or butts, shall roll smooth, and even with the rest of the piece...